Σεβάστεια

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Σεβαστός (Sebastós) +‎ -εια (-eia, “-ia: forming place names”), from use of σεβαστός (sebastós, “venerable, august”) as a calque of Latin Augustus.

Pronunciation
 

Proper noun

Σεβάστειᾰ • (Sebásteia) f (genitive Σεβαστείᾱς); first declension

  1. Sivas (a city in Turkey), the ancient and medieval Sebastia
  2. Sebastia (a city in the West Bank, Palestine), the ancient Samaria

Inflection
First declension of ἡ Σεβάστειᾰ; τῆς Σεβαστείᾱς (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ἡ Σεβάστειᾰ
hē Sebásteia
Genitive τῆς Σεβαστείᾱς
tês Sebasteíās
Dative τῇ Σεβαστείᾳ
têi Sebasteíāi
Accusative τὴν Σεβάστειᾰν
tḕn Sebásteian
Vocative Σεβάστειᾰ
Sebásteia
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants
  • Greek: Σεβάστεια (Sevásteia)
  • → Armenian: Սեբաստիա (Sebastia)
  • → Latin: Sebastea
  • → Ottoman Turkish: سیواس (Sivas)
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