Νικομήδης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From νῑ́κη (nī́kē) +‎ μήδεα (mḗdea).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /niː.ko.mɛ̌ː.dɛːs/ → /ni.koˈmi.ðis/ → /ni.koˈmi.ðis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /niː.ko.mɛ̌ː.dɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ni.koˈme̝.de̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ni.koˈmi.ðis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ni.koˈmi.ðis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ni.koˈmi.ðis/

Proper noun

Νῑκομήδης • (Nīkomḗdēs) m (genitive Νῑκομήδους); third declension

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Nicomedes

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Νῑκομήδης; τοῦ Νῑκομήδους (contracted, Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Νῑκομήδης ho Nīkomḗdēs
Genitive	τοῦ Νῑκομήδους toû Nīkomḗdous
Dative	τῷ Νῑκομήδει tôi Nīkomḗdei
Accusative	τὸν Νῑκομήδη tòn Nīkomḗdē
Vocative	Νῑκόμηδες Nīkómēdes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Νικομήδεια (Nikomḗdeia)

Descendants

• Greek: Νικομήδης (Nikomídis)
• Latin: Nicomedes

Further reading

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,018