Seleucia

See also: Selêucia

English

Etymology

From Latin Seleucia, from Ancient Greek Σελεύκεια (Seleúkeia), from Σέλευκος (Séleukos, “Seleucus”) + -εια (-eia, “-ia: forming place names”), usually in honor of Seleucus I, founder of the Seleucid Empire which succeeded to Alexander the Great’s conquests in Syria and Central Asia. Equivalent to Seleucus +‎ -ia. Compare Alexandria, Antioch, Ptolemais, Laodicea, Apamea. Doublet of Silifke.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /sɪˈluː.ʃə/, /sɪˈluː.ʃɪ.ə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /sɪˈlu.ʃə/, /səˈlu.ʃə/; /sɪˈlu.ʃi.ə/, /səˈlu.ʃi.ə/,

Proper noun

Seleucia (plural Seleucias)

1. (historical) A former city in Mesopotamia, the capital city of the Seleucid Empire.
2. (historical) Various other former cities in Southwestern Asia founded by the Seleucids, including:
   1. A former city in Syria, the Mediterranean seaport of ancient Antioch on the Orontes.
   2. A former city in Sittacene near Seleucia-on-Tigris.
   3. Synonym of Gadara, a former city in northwestern Jordan near present-day Umm Qais.
   4. Former name of Aydin, a city in southwestern Turkey.
   5. Former name of Silifke, a city in southern Turkey.

Synonyms

• (Seleucid capital): Seleucia-on-Tigris, Seleucia on the Tigris
• (Antiochian port): Seleucia Pieria
• (Seleucia in Sittacene): Kokhe, Mahoza, Veh-Ardashir, Bahurasir

Related terms

• Seleucia ad Calycadnum
• Seleucia Cilicia
• Seleucia in Cilicia
• Seleucia in Isauria
• Seleucia Isauria
• Seleucia-on-Calycadnus
• Seleucia on the Calycadnus
• Seleucia on the Tigris
• Seleucia-on-Tigris
• Seleucia Pieria
• Seleucia Trachea
• Seleucia Tracheotis

 

Related terms

• Seleucid

Translations

city

• Armenian: Սելեւկիա (Selewkia)
• French: Séleucie (fr) f
• German: Seleukia
• Greek:

  Ancient: Σελεύκεια f (Seleúkeia)

• Italian: Seleucia f
• Latin: Seleucia f
• Ottoman Turkish: سلفكه (Silifke)
• Parthian: 𐭎𐭉𐭋𐭅𐭊𐭉𐭀 (Selūkiyā)
• Persian: سلوکیه (fa) (solukiye)
• Polish: Seleucja (pl) f
• Portuguese: Selêucia f
• Russian: Селевкия (Selevkija)
• Spanish: Seleucia f

Further reading

• Seleucia (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Σελεύκεια (Seleúkeia).

Proper noun

Seleucia f sg (genitive Seleuciae); first declension

1. Any of several cities in the ancient Middle East, including:
   1. Seleucia ad Tigrim, the capital of the Seleucid Empire

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Seleucia
Genitive	Seleuciae
Dative	Seleuciae
Accusative	Seleuciam
Ablative	Seleuciā
Vocative	Seleucia
Locative	Seleuciae

References

• “Seleucia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Spanish

Proper noun

Seleucia f

1. Seleucia (city)