Καππαδοκία

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Καππαδοκῐ́η (Kappadokĭ́ē) — Ionic

Etymology

From Old Persian 𐎣𐎫𐎱𐎬𐎢𐎣 (k-t-p-tu-u-k /⁠katpatuka⁠/).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kap.pa.do.kí.aː/ → /kap.pa.ðoˈci.a/ → /ka.pa.ðoˈci.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kap.pa.do.kí.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kap.pa.doˈki.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /kap.pa.ðoˈci.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /kap.pa.ðoˈci.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ka.pa.ðoˈci.a/

Proper noun

Καππαδοκῐ́ᾱ • (Kappadokĭ́ā) f (genitive Καππαδοκῐ́ᾱς); first declension

1. Cappadocia (a historical region and ancient kingdom in central Asia Minor, in present-day Turkey)
2. Cappadocia (a former province of the Roman Empire, existing from 18 AD until the 7th century)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Καππαδοκῐ́ᾱ; τῆς Καππαδοκῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Καππαδοκῐ́ᾱ hē Kappadokĭ́ā
Genitive	τῆς Καππαδοκῐ́ᾱς tês Kappadokĭ́ās
Dative	τῇ Καππαδοκῐ́ᾳ tēî Kappadokĭ́āi
Accusative	τὴν Καππαδοκῐ́ᾱν tḕn Kappadokĭ́ān
Vocative	Καππαδοκῐ́ᾱ Kappadokĭ́ā
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Καππαδόκαι (Kappadókai)
• Καππαδοκίζω (Kappadokízō)
• Καππάδοκες (Kappádokes)
• Καππαδόκης (Kappadókēs)
• Καππαδόκισσα (Kappadókissa)

Descendants

• → Old Armenian: Կապադովկիա (Kapadovkia), Կապադոկիա (Kapadokia)

References

• 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
• G2587 in Strong, James (1979), Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910), English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,005
• “Καππαδόκαι”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Nestle, Eberhard; Aland, Kurt with et al. (2012), Novum Testamentum Graece‎^[2], 28th revised edition, 4th corrected printing edition, Stuttgart: Stuttgart Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, →ISBN