λαμπαδοῦχος

λαμπᾰδοῦχος • (lampădoûkhos) m or f (neuter λαμπᾰδοῦχον); second declension

λαμπᾰδοῦχος (canonical)
lampădoûkhos (romanization)
λαμπᾰδοῦχον (neuter)
λᾰμπᾰδοῦχος (feminine masculine nominative singular)
λᾰμπᾰδοῦχον (neuter nominative singular)
λᾰμπᾰδούχω (dual feminine masculine nominative)
λᾰμπᾰδούχω (dual neuter nominative)
λᾰμπᾰδοῦχοι (feminine masculine nominative plural)
λᾰμπᾰδοῦχᾰ (neuter nominative plural)
λᾰμπᾰδούχου (feminine genitive masculine singular)
λᾰμπᾰδούχου (genitive neuter singular)
λᾰμπᾰδούχοιν (dual feminine genitive masculine)
λᾰμπᾰδούχοιν (dual genitive neuter)
λᾰμπᾰδούχων (feminine genitive masculine plural)
λᾰμπᾰδούχων (genitive neuter plural)
λᾰμπᾰδούχῳ (dative feminine masculine singular)
λᾰμπᾰδούχῳ (dative neuter singular)
λᾰμπᾰδούχοιν (dative dual feminine masculine)
λᾰμπᾰδούχοιν (dative dual neuter)
λᾰμπᾰδούχοις (dative feminine masculine plural)
λᾰμπᾰδούχοις (dative neuter plural)
λᾰμπᾰδοῦχον (accusative feminine masculine singular)
λᾰμπᾰδοῦχον (accusative neuter singular)
λᾰμπᾰδούχω (accusative dual feminine masculine)
λᾰμπᾰδούχω (accusative dual neuter)
λᾰμπᾰδούχους (accusative feminine masculine plural)
λᾰμπᾰδοῦχᾰ (accusative neuter plural)
λᾰμπᾰδοῦχε (feminine masculine singular vocative)
λᾰμπᾰδοῦχον (neuter singular vocative)
λᾰμπᾰδούχω (dual feminine masculine vocative)
λᾰμπᾰδούχω (dual neuter vocative)
λᾰμπᾰδοῦχοι (feminine masculine plural vocative)
λᾰμπᾰδοῦχᾰ (neuter plural vocative)
λᾰμπᾰδούχως (adverbial feminine masculine neuter)
λᾰμπᾰδουχότερος (comparative feminine masculine neuter)
λᾰμπᾰδουχότᾰτος (feminine masculine neuter superlative)

(Byzantine, nominalized, masculine) candlestick, candelabra


ἐργαστήριον

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ἐργαστήρῐον • (ergastḗrĭon) n (genitive ἐργαστηρίου); second declension

ἐργαστήρῐον (canonical)
ergastḗrĭon (romanization)
ἐργαστηρίου (genitive)
τὸ ἐργᾰστήρῐον (nominative singular)
ἐργᾰστηρῐ́ω (dual nominative)
τᾰ̀ ἐργᾰστήρῐᾰ (nominative plural)
τοῦ ἐργᾰστηρῐ́ου (genitive singular)
ἐργᾰστηρῐ́οιν (dual genitive)
ἐργᾰστηρῐ́ων (genitive plural)
τῷ ἐργᾰστηρῐ́ῳ (dative singular)
ἐργᾰστηρῐ́οιν (dative dual)
τοῖς ἐργᾰστηρῐ́οις (dative plural)
τὸ ἐργᾰστήρῐον (accusative singular)
ἐργᾰστηρῐ́ω (accusative dual)
τᾰ̀ ἐργᾰστήρῐᾰ (accusative plural)
ἐργᾰστήρῐον (singular vocative)
ἐργᾰστηρῐ́ω (dual vocative)
ἐργᾰστήρῐᾰ (plural vocative)

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Greek: εργαστήριο (ergastírio), αργαστήρι (argastíri), εργαστήρι (ergastíri)

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→ Latin: ergastulum
Italian: ergastolo
Portuguese: ergástulo
Sicilian: ergàstulu
Spanish: ergástulo

From ἐργάζομαι (ergázomai) + -τήριον (-tḗrion).


πεντασυλλαβία

grc-noun

πεντᾰσῠλλᾰβῐ́ᾱ

πεντᾰσῠλλᾰβῐ́ᾱς

πεντᾰσῠλλᾰβῐ́ᾱ • (pentăsŭllăbĭ́ā) f (genitive πεντᾰσῠλλᾰβῐ́ᾱς); first declension

πεντᾰσῠλλᾰβῐ́ᾱ (canonical)
pentăsŭllăbĭ́ā (romanization)
πεντᾰσῠλλᾰβῐ́ᾱς (genitive)
ἡ πεντᾰσῠλλᾰβῐ́ᾱ (nominative singular)
πεντᾰσῠλλᾰβῐ́ᾱ (dual nominative)
αἱ πεντᾰσῠλλᾰβῐ́αι (nominative plural)
τῆς πεντᾰσῠλλᾰβῐ́ᾱς (genitive singular)
πεντᾰσῠλλᾰβῐ́αιν (dual genitive)
πεντᾰσῠλλᾰβῐῶν (genitive plural)
τῇ πεντᾰσῠλλᾰβῐ́ᾳ (dative singular)
πεντᾰσῠλλᾰβῐ́αιν (dative dual)
ταῖς πεντᾰσῠλλᾰβῐ́αις (dative plural)
τὴν πεντᾰσῠλλᾰβῐ́ᾱν (accusative singular)
πεντᾰσῠλλᾰβῐ́ᾱ (accusative dual)
τᾱ̀ς πεντᾰσῠλλᾰβῐ́ᾱς (accusative plural)
πεντᾰσῠλλᾰβῐ́ᾱ (singular vocative)
πεντᾰσῠλλᾰβῐ́ᾱ (dual vocative)
πεντᾰσῠλλᾰβῐ́αι (plural vocative)

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πεντᾰσῠλλᾰβῐ́ᾱ

πεντᾰσῠλλᾰβῐ́ᾱς

πεντᾰσῠ́λλᾰβος (pentăsŭ́llăbos, “pentasyllabic”) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā, suffix forming feminine abstract nouns)

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πεντᾰσῠ́λλᾰβος

διαλυθὲν δὲ ἐκ τετρασυλλάβου τὸ τοιοῦτον ἐντελὲς Ποσίδειον εἰς πεντασυλλαβίαν γέγονε Ποσιδήϊον.

p. 1179, Eustathius Thessalonicensis, Commentarium in Dionysii periegetae Orbis descriptionem 916.280.8–10

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dialuthèn dè ek tetrasullábou tò toioûton entelès Posídeion eis pentasullabían gégone Posidḗïon.

(Byzantine) pentasyllabicity, pentasyllabism (state or quality of comprising five syllables)


Δούκας

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Δούκᾱς • (Doúkās) m (genitive Δούκᾱ, feminine Δούκαινᾰ)

Δούκᾱς (canonical)
Doúkās (romanization)
Δούκᾱ (genitive)
Δούκαινᾰ (feminine)
ὁ Δούκᾱς (nominative singular)
τὼ Δούκᾱ (dual nominative)
οἱ Δοῦκαι (nominative plural)
τοῦ Δούκου (genitive singular)
τοῖν Δούκαιν (dual genitive)
τῶν Δουκῶν (genitive plural)
τῷ Δούκᾳ (dative singular)
τοῖν Δούκαιν (dative dual)
τοῖς Δούκαις (dative plural)
τὸν Δούκᾱν (accusative singular)
τὼ Δούκᾱ (accusative dual)
τοὺς Δούκᾱς (accusative plural)
Δούκᾱ (singular vocative)
Δούκᾱ (dual vocative)
Δοῦκαι (plural vocative)
Δουκᾶς (alternative)

Greek: Δούκας (Doúkas)

Probably a cognominal use of the military rank δούξ (doúx), from Latin dux.

Οἶκος τῶν Δουκῶν
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Οἶκος τῶν Δουκῶν (9th–11th centuries), Byzantine Greek noble family whose branches provided several notable generals and rulers to the Byzantine Empire

Πρὸς τὸν πανσέβαστον Δουκᾶν κύριον Ἰωάννην, τὸν υἱὸν τοῦ πανσεβάστου σεβαστοῦ, καὶ μεγάλου δρουγγαρίου, κυρίου Ἀνδρονίκου τοῦ Καμάτορος, Εὐσταθίου διακόνου ἐπὶ τῶν δεήσεων καὶ μαΐστωρος τῶν ῥητόρων, ἐπιστολὴ ἐπὶ ταῖς Διονυσίου τοῦ περιηγητοῦ παρεκβολαῖς.

p. 1179, Eustathius Thessalonicensis, Commentarium in Dionysii periegetae Orbis descriptionem epistle dedicatory.67.1–5

Pròs tòn pansébaston Doukân kúrion Iōánnēn, tòn huiòn toû pansebástou sebastoû, kaì megálou droungaríou, kuríou Androníkou toû Kamátoros, Eustathíou diakónou epì tôn deḗseōn kaì maḯstōros tôn rhētórōn, epistolḕ epì taîs Dionusíou toû periēgētoû parekbolaîs.

Οἶκος τῶν Δουκῶν
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Ἰωάννης Δούκας
w:John Doukas (megas hetaireiarches)

Ἰωάννης Δούκας (fl. 1155–1181), senior military commander and diplomat, sebastos and megas hetaireiarches under Byzantine Emperor Manuel I Comnenus (r. 1143–1180)


πεντασυλλάβως

grc-adverb

πεντᾰσῠλλᾰ́βως

πεντᾰσῠλλᾰ́βως • (pentăsŭllắbōs)

πεντᾰσῠλλᾰ́βως (canonical)
pentăsŭllắbōs (romanization)

πεντᾰσῠ́λλᾰβος (pentăsŭ́llăbos, “pentasyllabic”) + -ως (-ōs, suffix forming adverbs)

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πεντᾰσῠ́λλᾰβος

διὰ τοῦτο καὶ ὁ Διονύσιος ἐκφωνήσας τὸ ι̅ πεντασυλλάβως λέγει αὐτὸν Ἀχελώϊον.

p. 1179, Eustathius Thessalonicensis, Commentarium in Dionysii periegetae Orbis descriptionem 431.180.24–26

dià toûto kaì ho Dionúsios ekphōnḗsas tò i̅ pentasullábōs légei autòn Akhelṓïon.

(Byzantine) pentasyllabically (in five syllables)


κοκκίον

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κοκκίον • (kokkíon) (plural κοκκία or κουκκία or κουκκιά)

kokkíon (romanization)
κοκκία (plural)
κουκκία (plural)
κουκκιά (plural)
κοκκίν (alternative)
κουκκίον (alternative)
κουκκίν (alternative)
κουκκί (alternative)
κούκκι (alternative)

Greek: κουκί (koukí)

→ Albanian: koqe

→ Old Church Slavonic: коуциꙗ (kucija)

Bulgarian: куча́ (kučá)

→ Old East Slavic: кꙋтьꙗ (kutĭja)

Russian: кутья́ (kutʹjá)

Old Ruthenian: кꙋтьѧ (kutʹja)

Belarusian: куцця́ (kuccjá)

Ukrainian: кутя́ (kutjá)

→ Polish: kutia

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→ Sicilian: cuccìa
→ Maltese: quċċija, qoċċija


Βελισάριος

grc-proper noun

Βελισάριος • (Belisários) m (genitive Βελισαρίου); second declension

Belisários (romanization)
Βελισαρίου (genitive)
ὁ Βελισάριος (nominative singular)
τοῦ Βελισαρίου (genitive singular)
τῷ Βελισαρίῳ (dative singular)
τὸν Βελισάριον (accusative singular)
Βελισάριε (singular vocative)

Greek: Βελισσάριος (Velissários)

→ Bulgarian: Велиза́р (Velizár)

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→ Latin: Belisarius
French: Bélisaire, Bélizaire
Galician: Belesar, Belsar
Italian: Belisario
Spanish: Belisario, Belizario
Portuguese: Belisário
→ English: Belisarius

→ English: Belisarios

→ Serbo-Croatian: Velizar

→ Coptic: ⲃⲉⲗⲓⲥⲁⲣⲁⲓⲟⲥ (belisaraios)

Unknown, probably of Thracian or Illyrian origin.

(Byzantine) Belisarius, a Byzantine general


διάκειμαι

grc-verb

δῐάκειμαι • (dĭákeimai)

δῐάκειμαι (canonical)
dĭákeimai (romanization)
δῐάκειμαι (first-person indicative middle singular)
δῐάκεισαι (indicative middle second-person singular)
δῐάκειται (indicative middle singular third-person)
δῐάκεισθον (dual indicative middle second-person)
δῐάκεισθον (dual indicative middle third-person)
δῐᾰκείμεθα (first-person indicative middle plural)
δῐάκεισθε (indicative middle plural second-person)
δῐάκεινται (indicative middle plural third-person)
δῐᾰκέῃ (middle second-person singular subjunctive)
δῐᾰκέηται (middle singular subjunctive third-person)
δῐᾰκέησθον (dual middle second-person subjunctive)
δῐᾰκέησθον (dual middle subjunctive third-person)
δῐᾰκέησθε (middle plural second-person subjunctive)
δῐᾰκέωνται (middle plural subjunctive third-person)
δῐάκεισο (imperative middle second-person singular)
κείσθω (imperative middle singular third-person)
δῐάκεισθον (dual imperative middle second-person)
κείσθων (dual imperative middle third-person)
δῐάκεισθε (imperative middle plural second-person)
κείσθων (imperative middle plural third-person)
δῐᾰκεῖσθαι (infinitive plural)
δῐᾰκείμενος (masculine participle plural)
δῐᾰκειμένη (feminine participle plural)
δῐᾰκείμενον (neuter participle plural)
δῐεκείμην (first-person indicative middle singular)
δῐέκεισο (indicative middle second-person singular)
δῐέκειτο (indicative middle singular third-person)
δῐέκεισθον (dual indicative middle second-person)
δῐεκείσθην (dual indicative middle third-person)
δῐεκείμεθα (first-person indicative middle plural)
δῐέκεισθε (indicative middle plural second-person)
δῐέκειντο (indicative middle plural third-person)
δῐᾰκείσομαι (first-person indicative middle singular)
δῐᾰκείσῃ (indicative middle second-person singular)
δῐᾰκείσει (indicative middle second-person singular)
δῐᾰκείσεται (indicative middle singular third-person)
δῐᾰκείσεσθον (dual indicative middle second-person)
δῐᾰκείσεσθον (dual indicative middle third-person)
δῐᾰκεισόμεθᾰ (first-person indicative middle plural)
δῐᾰκείσεσθε (indicative middle plural second-person)
δῐᾰκείσονται (indicative middle plural third-person)
δῐᾰκεισοίμην (first-person middle optative singular)
δῐᾰκείσοιο (middle optative second-person singular)
δῐᾰκείσοιτο (middle optative singular third-person)
δῐᾰκείσοισθον (dual middle optative second-person)
δῐᾰκεισοίσθην (dual middle optative third-person)
δῐᾰκεισοίμεθᾰ (first-person middle optative plural)
δῐᾰκείσοισθε (middle optative plural second-person)
δῐᾰκείσοιντο (middle optative plural third-person)
δῐᾰκείσεσθαι (dual infinitive middle second-person third-person)
δῐᾰκεισόμενος (dual masculine middle participle second-person third-person)
δῐᾰκεισομένη (dual feminine middle participle second-person third-person)
δῐᾰκεισόμενον (dual middle neuter participle second-person third-person)

(Byzantine) to be apart from each other, be a distance apart


Κορσική

grc-proper noun

Κορσική • (Korsikḗ) f (genitive Κορσικῆς); first declension

Korsikḗ (romanization)
Κορσικῆς (genitive)
ἡ Κορσική (nominative singular)
τῆς Κορσικῆς (genitive singular)
τῇ Κορσικῇ (dative singular)
τὴν Κορσικήν (accusative singular)
Κορσική (singular vocative)
Κόρσικα (alternative)
Κορσίς (alternative)

Greek: Κορσική (Korsikí)

(Koine, Byzantine) Corsica (an island in the Mediterranean to the north of Sardinia)


Λευκουσία

Λευκουσία • (Leukousía) f (genitive Λευκουσίας); first declension

Leukousía (romanization)
Λευκουσίας (genitive)
ἡ Λευκουσίᾱ (nominative singular)
τῆς Λευκουσίᾱς (genitive singular)
τῇ Λευκουσίᾳ (dative singular)
τὴν Λευκουσίᾱν (accusative singular)
Λευκουσίᾱ (singular vocative)
Λευκωσία (alternative)

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Greek: Λευκωσία (Lefkosía)
Danish: Lefkousia
English: Lefkosia
Irish: Leafcóis
Italian: Lefkosia
Macedonian: Левкозија (Levkozija)
Spanish: Lefkosia

Old French: Nicosie

French: Nicosie

→ Medieval Latin: Nicosia

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→ Arabic: نِيقُوسِيَا (nīqūsiyā)

→ Arabic: نِيقُوسِيَا (nīqūsiyā)

→ Armenian: Նիկոսիա (Nikosia)

→ Czech: Nikósie

→ Dutch: Nicosia

Afrikaans: Nikosia

→ English: Nicosia

→ Finnish: Nikosia

→ German: Nikosia

→ Irish: Nicóis

Italian: Nicosia

→ Japanese: ニコシア (Nikoshia)

→ Korean: 니코시아 (Nikosia)

→ Latvian: Nikosija

→ Lithuanian: Nikosija

→ Macedonian: Никозија (Nikozija)

→ Maltese: Nikosija

→ Polish: Nikozja

Portuguese: Nicósia

→ Russian: Никоси́я (Nikosíja)

→ Slovak: Nikózia

Spanish: Nicosia

→ Thai: นิโคเซีย (ní-koo-siia)

→ Ukrainian: Нікосі́я (Nikosíja)

→ Vietnamese: Ni-cô-xi-a

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→ Ottoman Turkish: لفقوشه (Lefkoşa)
Turkish: Lefkoşa
→ Armenian: Լէֆքօշա (Lēfkʻōša)

Apparently from λευκός (leukós, “white”) or λεύκη (leúkē, “poplar”) + οὐσίᾱ (ousíā, “property, estate”), but in fact altered by folk etymology from various forms including Λευτεῶν (Leuteôn), Λευκοθέον (Leukothéon), and Λευκούπολις (Leukoúpolis) adapting an early or pre-Greek name variously recorded as Λέδραι (Lédrai), Λῆδρον (Lêdron), Λεδρῶν (Ledrôn), Λήδρα (Lḗdra), etc.

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(Byzantine) Nicosia (the capital city of Cyprus and Northern Cyprus)


Σπανία

grc-proper noun

Σπανία • (Spanía) f (genitive Σπανίας); first declension

Spanía (romanization)
Σπανίας (genitive)
ἡ Σπανίᾱ (nominative singular)
τῆς Σπανίᾱς (genitive singular)
τῇ Σπανίᾳ (dative singular)
τὴν Σπανίᾱν (accusative singular)
Σπανίᾱ (singular vocative)

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→ Coptic: ⲧⲉⲥⲡⲁⲛⲓⲁ (tespania), ϯⲥⲡⲁⲛⲓⲁ (tispania)

→ Old Georgian: სპანიაჲ (sṗaniay)

(Koine, Byzantine) alternative form of Ἱσπᾱνίᾱ (Hispāníā)