Ancyra

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Ancȳra.

Proper noun

Ancyra

1. (historical) The capital city of Galatia

Derived terms

• Ancyraean

 

Related terms

• Ankara

 

Translations

Capital of Galatia

• French: Ancyre (fr) f
• Latin: Ancyra (la) f

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἄγκῡρα (Ánkūra).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /anˈkyː.ra/, [äŋˈkyːrä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /anˈt͡ʃi.ra/, [än̠ʲˈt͡ʃiːrä]

Proper noun

Ancȳra f sg (genitive Ancȳrae); first declension

1. Ankara (the capital city of Turkey)
2. (historical) Ancyra (the capital city of Galatia)

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Ancȳra
Genitive	Ancȳrae
Dative	Ancȳrae
Accusative	Ancȳram
Ablative	Ancȳrā
Vocative	Ancȳra
Locative	Ancȳrae

Derived terms

• Ancyranus

 

Descendants

• English: Ancyra
• French: Ancyre

References

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