Nicomedia

English

Etymology

From Latin Nīcomēdīa, from Ancient Greek Νικομήδεια (Nikomḗdeia), from Νικομήδης (Nikomḗdēs) + -ιᾰ (-ia, “ia: forming place names”).

Proper noun

Nicomedia

1. (historical) Former name of Izmit, a city in Turkey; ancient capital of Bithynia.

Translations

Ancient Izmit — see also Izmit

• Danish: Nikomedia
• Greek:

  Ancient: Νικομήδεια f (Nikomḗdeia)

• Italian: Nicomedia f
• Latin: Nīcomēdīa f
• Polish: Nikomedia (pl) f
• Russian: Никомедия (Nikomedija)
• Spanish: Nicomedia f

Anagrams

• meconidia

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Νῑκομήδειᾰ (Nīkomḗdeia).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /niː.ko.meːˈdiː.a/, [niːkɔmeːˈd̪iːä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ni.ko.meˈdi.a/, [nikomeˈd̪iːä]

Proper noun

Nīcomēdīa f sg (genitive Nīcomēdīae); first declension

1. Nicomedia (capital city of Bithynia)

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Nīcomēdīa
Genitive	Nīcomēdīae
Dative	Nīcomēdīae
Accusative	Nīcomēdīam
Ablative	Nīcomēdīā
Vocative	Nīcomēdīa
Locative	Nīcomēdīae

Derived terms

• Nīcomēdēnsēs m pl

Descendants

• English: Nicomedia

References

• “Nīcŏmēdīa”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Nīcŏmēdīa in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1,028/3.

Spanish

Proper noun

Nicomedia f

1. Nicomedia