Lycia

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Lycia, from Ancient Greek Λυκίᾱ (Lukíā).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlɪʃi.ə/, /ˈlɪʃə/, /ˈlɪsi.ə/

Proper noun

Lycia

  1. (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.
  2. (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

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Λυκία (Lukía).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Lycia f sg (genitive Lyciae); first declension

  1. (historical) Lycia (a historical region in southwestern Asia Minor, in modern-day Turkey)
  2. (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

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

singular
nominative Lycia
genitive Lyciae
dative Lyciae
accusative Lyciam
ablative Lyciā
vocative Lycia
locative Lyciae

References

  • 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.