Σικανία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Σῐκᾱνός (Sikānós, “one of the Sicani”) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /si.kaː.ní.aː/ → /si.kaˈni.a/ → /si.kaˈni.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /si.kaː.ní.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /si.kaˈni.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /si.kaˈni.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /si.kaˈni.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /si.kaˈni.a/

Proper noun

Σῐκᾱνῐ́ᾱ • (Sikāníā) f (genitive Σῐκᾱνῐ́ᾱς); first declension

1. Sicania

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Σῐκᾱνῐ́ᾱ; τῆς Σῐκᾱνῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Σῐκᾱνῐ́ᾱ hē Sikāníā
Genitive	τῆς Σῐκᾱνῐ́ᾱς tês Sikāníās
Dative	τῇ Σῐκᾱνῐ́ᾳ têi Sikāníāi
Accusative	τὴν Σῐκᾱνῐ́ᾱν tḕn Sikāníān
Vocative	Σῐκᾱνῐ́ᾱ Sikāníā
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Related terms

• Σῐκᾱνῐκός (Sikānikós)

Descendants

• Greek: Σικανία (Sikanía)
• Latin: Sicānia

References

• “Σικανία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,025