Thessalonica

English

The White Tower in Thessaloniki

Etymology

From Latin Thessalonīca, from Ancient Greek Θεσσᾰλονῑ́κη (Thessalonī́kē), named for Thessalonike daughter of Philip II, half-sister of Alexander the Great, and wife of Cassander of Macedonia, from Θεσσᾰλός (Thessalós, “Thessalian”) + νῑ́κη (nī́kē, “victory”), possibly named for her birth on the anniversary of the Battle of Crocus Field in Thessaly.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌθɛsələˈnaɪkə/

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Proper noun

Thessalonica

1. (now especially historical) Alternative form of Thessaloniki, a port city in northern Greece.

Derived terms

• Thessalonican

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Θεσσᾰλονῑ́κη (Thessalonī́kē).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /tʰes.sa.loˈniː.ka/, [t̪ʰɛs̠ːäɫ̪ɔˈniːkä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /tes.sa.loˈni.ka/, [t̪esːäloˈniːkä]

Proper noun

Thessalonīca f sg (genitive Thessalonīcae); first declension

1. Thessaloniki (a city in Greece)

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Thessalonīca
Genitive	Thessalonīcae
Dative	Thessalonīcae
Accusative	Thessalonīcam
Ablative	Thessalonīcā
Vocative	Thessalonīca
Locative	Thessalonīcae

References

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