Καισάρεια
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Named after a Caesar: Καῖσᾰρ (Kaîsar, “Caesar”) + -ειᾰ (-eia), as a calque of Latin Caesarēa.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kai̯.sá.reː.a/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /kɛˈsa.ri.a/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /cɛˈsa.ri.a/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ceˈsa.ri.a/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ceˈsa.ri.a/
Proper noun
Καισᾰ́ρειᾰ • (Kaisáreia) f (genitive Καισᾰρείᾱς); first declension
- Caesarea (any of numerous cities in the Roman Empire)
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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| Nominative | ἡ Καισᾰ́ρειᾰ hē Kaisáreia | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς Καισᾰρείᾱς tês Kaisareíās | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ Καισᾰρείᾳ têi Kaisareíāi | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν Καισᾰ́ρειᾰν tḕn Kaisáreian | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Καισᾰ́ρειᾰ Kaisáreia | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
- Καισαρεύς (Kaisareús)
Descendants
References
- “Καῖσαρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- G2542 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
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