Σικελία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Σῐ́κελος (Síkelos, “Sicel”) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā).

Pronunciation
 

Proper noun

Σῐκελῐ́ᾱ • (Sikelíā) f (genitive Σῐκελῐ́ᾱς); first declension

  1. Sicily (an island and former kingdom in Europe)

Inflection
First declension of ἡ Σῐκελῐ́ᾱ; τῆς Σῐκελῐ́ᾱς (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ἡ Σῐκελῐ́ᾱ
hē Sikelíā
Genitive τῆς Σῐκελῐ́ᾱς
tês Sikelíās
Dative τῇ Σῐκελῐ́ᾳ
têi Sikelíāi
Accusative τὴν Σῐκελῐ́ᾱν
tḕn Sikelíān
Vocative Σῐκελῐ́ᾱ
Sikelíā
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms
  • Σῐκελῐκός (Sikelikós)

Descendants

References

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Σικελία (Sikelía).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /si.ceˈli.a/

Proper noun

Σικελία • (Sikelía) f

  1. Sicily (The largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, an autonomous region of Italy, close to Africa and separated from Tunisia and Libya by the Strait of Sicily)

Declension
  Σικελία
case     \     number singular
nominative Σικελία •
genitive Σικελίας •
accusative Σικελία •
vocative Σικελία •

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