Lycia
English
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Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin Lycia, from Ancient Greek Λυκίᾱ (Lukíā).
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Lycia
- (historical) A historical region in southwestern Asia Minor, in modern-day Turkey.
- 2023 September 7, Alastair Gill, “The ancient civilisation that inspired US democracy”, in BBC Travel[1], archived from the original on 24 September 2023:
- The circumstances surrounding the League's creation are unclear, but it was probably a response to the tyranny of Rhodes, which was briefly assigned control of Lycia in 190 BCE by Rome.
- (historical) A former province of the Roman Empire, existing on its own from 43 AD to 74 AD, and later as part of Lycia et Pamphylia.
Translations
[edit]ancient region
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Latin
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Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek Λυκία (Lukía).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈly.ki.a]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈliː.t͡ʃi.a]
Proper noun
[edit]Lycia f sg (genitive Lyciae); first declension
- (historical) Lycia (a historical region in southwestern Asia Minor, in modern-day Turkey)
- (historical) Lycia (a former province of the Roman Empire, existing on its own from 43 AD to 74 AD, and later as part of Lycia et Pamphylia)
Declension
[edit]First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Lycia |
| genitive | Lyciae |
| dative | Lyciae |
| accusative | Lyciam |
| ablative | Lyciā |
| vocative | Lycia |
| locative | Lyciae |
References
[edit]- “Lycia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Lycia”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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