Iconium

English

Etymology

From Latin Iconium, from Ancient Greek Ἰκόνιον (Ikónion), from Luwian Ikkuwaniya, from Hittite Kawana. Unrelated to icon. Doublet of Konya.

Proper noun

Iconium

(historical) Former name of Konya, a city in Turkey.

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἰκόνιον (Ikónion), from Luwian Ikkuwaniya, from Hittite Kawana.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /iːˈko.ni.um/, [iːˈkɔniʊ̃ˑ]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /iˈko.ni.um/, [iˈkɔːnium]

Proper noun

Īconium n sg (genitive Īconiī or Īconī); second declension

Konya (a city in modern Turkey)

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Īconium
Genitive	Īconiī Īconī¹
Dative	Īconiō
Accusative	Īconium
Ablative	Īconiō
Vocative	Īconium
Locative	Īconiī

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

References

“Iconium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Iconium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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