Θεσσαλονίκη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Θεσσᾰλός (Thessalós, “Thessalian”) +‎ νῑ́κη (nī́kē, “victory”). The woman was named by her father, Philip II, in honor of his military victory in Thessaly, and later the city was named after her by Cassander, her husband.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tʰes.sa.lo.nǐː.kɛː/ → /θes.sa.loˈni.ci/ → /θe.sa.loˈni.ci/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tʰes.sa.lo.nǐː.kɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /tʰes.sa.loˈni.ke̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /θes.sa.loˈni.ci/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /θes.sa.loˈni.ci/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /θe.sa.loˈni.ci/

Proper noun

Θεσσᾰλονῑ́κη • (Thessalonī́kē) f (genitive Θεσσᾰλονῑ́κης); first declension

1. Thessaloniki, a city in Greece.
2. Thessalonica, daughter of Philip II, half-sister of Alexander the Great, and wife of Cassander, all three of whom were kings of Macedonia at one point.

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Θεσσᾰλονῑ́κη; τῆς Θεσσᾰλονῑ́κης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Θεσσᾰλονῑ́κη hē Thessalonī́kē
Genitive	τῆς Θεσσᾰλονῑ́κης tês Thessalonī́kēs
Dative	τῇ Θεσσᾰλονῑ́κῃ têi Thessalonī́kēi
Accusative	τὴν Θεσσᾰλονῑ́κην tḕn Thessalonī́kēn
Vocative	Θεσσᾰλονῑ́κη Thessalonī́kē
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Arabic: سالونيك
• Aromanian: Sãrunã
• Bulgarian: Солун (Solun)
• Catalan: Tessalònica, Salònica
• Old Church Slavonic: Солꙋнь (Solunĭ)
• Czech: Soluň
• Danish: Thessaloniki
• Dutch: Thessaloniki, Saloniki
• English: Thessaloniki, Thessalonica, Salonica
• Finnish: Thessaloniki, Saloniki
• French: Thessalonique, Salonique
• Galician: Tesalónica, Salónica
• German: Thessaloniki, Saloniki
• Greek: Θεσσαλονίκη (Thessaloníki), Σαλονίκη (Saloníki)
• Hebrew: סלוניקי (Saloniqi)
• Hungarian: Theszaloníki, Szaloníki
• Indonesian: Thessaloniki, Tesalonika
• Irish: Teasaloinicé
• Italian: Tessalonica, Salonicco
• Japanese: テッサロニキ (Tessaroniki)
• Korean: 테살로니키 (Tesalloniki)
• Kurdish: Selanik

• Ladino: Salonika, Selanik
• Latin: Thessalonica, Salonica
• Latvian: Thessaloniki
• Lithuanian: Salonikai, Tesalonikai
• Low German: Thessaloniki, Saloniki
• Macedonian: Солун (Solun)
• New Church Slavonic: Ѳессалонїка (Θessalonika)
• Norwegian: Thessaloniki, Salonika
• Polish: Saloniki, Thessaloniki, Sołuń
• Portuguese: Salónica, Salônica
• Romanian: Salonic
• Russian: Сало́ники (Salóniki), Фессало́ники (Fessalóniki)
• Serbo-Croatian: Солун, Solun
• Sicilian: Saluniccu
• Slovak: Solún
• Spanish: Tesalónica, Salónica
• Swedish: Thessaloniki
• Tagalog: Thessaloníki, Saloníki
• Turkish: Selanik, Selânik
• Ukrainian: Салоніки (Saloniky), Тессалоніки (Tessaloniky)
• Welsh: Thessaloníci

Further reading

• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• G2332 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Nestle, Eberhard, Aland, Kurt with et al. (2012) Novum Testamentum Graece‎^[1], 28th revised edition, 4th corrected printing edition, Stuttgart: Stuttgart Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, →ISBN

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Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Θεσσαλονίκη (Thessaloníkē).

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /θesaloˈnici/
• Hyphenation: Θεσ‧σα‧λο‧νί‧κη

Proper noun

Θεσσαλονίκη • (Thessaloníki) f

1. Thessaloniki (Greece's second city)

   Synonym: (colloquial) Σαλονίκη (Saloníki)

Declension

  Θεσσαλονίκη

case     \     number	singular
nominative	Θεσσαλονίκη •
genitive	Θεσσαλονίκης •
accusative	Θεσσαλονίκη •
vocative	Θεσσαλονίκη •

Derived terms

• Θεσσαλονικέας m (Thessalonikéas, “Thessalonian”) (formal)
• Θεσσαλονικεύς m (Thessalonikéfs, “Thessalonian”) (dated)
• Θεσσαλονικιά f (Thessalonikiá, “Thessalonian”)
• Θεσσαλονικιός m (Thessalonikiós, “Thessaloniani”)
• θεσσαλονικιώτικος (thessalonikiótikos, “Thessalonian”, adjective)

 

Related terms

• συμπρωτεύουσα f (symprotévousa, “second largest city, co-capital”) (often used to refer to Thessaloniki in Greece)

Further reading

• Θεσσαλονίκη on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el