"Lydia" meaning in Latin

See Lydia in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: [ˈlyː.di.a] [Classical-Latin], [ˈliː.di.a] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek Λῡδός (Lūdós) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek Λῡδῐ́ᾱ (Lūdĭ́ā)bor. Latin Lȳdia Borrowed from Ancient Greek Λῡδῐ́ᾱ (Lūdĭ́ā). Etymology templates: {{ety|la|:bor|grc:Λῡδῐ́ᾱ|text=+|title=Lȳdia|tree=1}} Etymology tree Ancient Greek Λῡδός (Lūdós) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek Λῡδῐ́ᾱ (Lūdĭ́ā)bor. Latin Lȳdia [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "gloss" : "Lydus", "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "Λῡδός", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "grc" }, { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "alt" : "*-i-eh₂", "id" : "i-extension", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "o-grade", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "collective nouns", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-h₂", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-éh₂", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-éh₂", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Hellenic", "term" : "*-íā", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "grk-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "-ῐ́ᾱ", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "Λῡδῐ́ᾱ", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "Lȳdia", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" }" data-lang="la" data-title="Lȳdia"> Borrowed from Ancient Greek Λῡδῐ́ᾱ (Lūdĭ́ā). Head templates: {{la-proper noun|Lȳdia<1>}} Lȳdia f sg (genitive Lȳdiae); first declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|Lȳdia<1>}} Forms: Lȳdia [canonical, feminine, singular], Lȳdiae [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], Lȳdia [nominative, singular], Lȳdiae [genitive, singular], Lȳdiae [dative, singular], Lȳdiam [accusative, singular], Lȳdiā [ablative, singular], Lȳdia [singular, vocative]
  1. (historical) Lydia (a historical region and ancient kingdom in western Asia Minor, in modern-day Turkey) Tags: declension-1, historical Categories (place): Places in Turkey
    Sense id: en-Lydia-la-name-8CzCpsNR Categories (other): Ancient Near East, Former polities, Geographic and cultural areas of Asia, Geographic and cultural areas of Turkey, Latin entries with etymology texts, Latin entries with etymology trees, Latin entries with incorrect language header, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with etymology trees Disambiguation of Latin entries with etymology texts: 67 33 Disambiguation of Latin entries with etymology trees: 67 33 Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 80 20 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 69 31 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 66 34
  2. a female given name Tags: declension-1
    Sense id: en-Lydia-la-name-pLhOhtoi Categories (other): Latin female given names, Latin given names, Latin feminine nouns in the first declension Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the first declension: 34 66
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": ":bor",
        "3": "grc:Λῡδῐ́ᾱ",
        "text": "+",
        "title": "Lȳdia",
        "tree": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "Etymology tree\nAncient Greek Λῡδός (Lūdós)\nProto-Indo-European *-h₂\nProto-Indo-European *-éh₂\nProto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂\nProto-Hellenic *-íā\nAncient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā)\nAncient Greek Λῡδῐ́ᾱ (Lūdĭ́ā)bor.\nLatin Lȳdia\n[Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from\", \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"gloss\" : \"Lydus\", \"children\" : [ ], \"lang_name\" : \"Ancient Greek\", \"term\" : \"Λῡδός\", \"status\" : \"missing\", \"lang\" : \"grc\" }, { \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"alt\" : \"*-i-eh₂\", \"id\" : \"i-extension\", \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"id\" : \"o-grade\", \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"id\" : \"collective nouns\", \"children\" : [ ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Indo-European\", \"term\" : \"*-h₂\", \"lang\" : \"ine-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"keyword\" : \"from\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Indo-European\", \"term\" : \"*-éh₂\", \"lang\" : \"ine-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"keyword\" : \"from\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Indo-European\", \"term\" : \"*-éh₂\", \"lang\" : \"ine-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Hellenic\", \"term\" : \"*-íā\", \"status\" : \"inline\", \"lang\" : \"grk-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Ancient Greek\", \"term\" : \"-ῐ́ᾱ\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"grc\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"is_group\" : true, \"keyword\" : \"affix\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Ancient Greek\", \"term\" : \"Λῡδῐ́ᾱ\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"grc\" } ], \"keyword\" : \"bor\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Latin\", \"term\" : \"Lȳdia\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"la\" }\" data-lang=\"la\" data-title=\"Lȳdia\">\nBorrowed from Ancient Greek Λῡδῐ́ᾱ (Lūdĭ́ā).",
      "name": "ety"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Etymology tree\nAncient Greek Λῡδός (Lūdós)\nProto-Indo-European *-h₂\nProto-Indo-European *-éh₂\nProto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂\nProto-Hellenic *-íā\nAncient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā)\nAncient Greek Λῡδῐ́ᾱ (Lūdĭ́ā)bor.\nLatin Lȳdia\nBorrowed from Ancient Greek Λῡδῐ́ᾱ (Lūdĭ́ā).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Lȳdia",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Lȳdiae",
      "links": [
        [
          "Lȳdiae",
          "Lydiae"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Lȳdia",
      "links": [
        [
          "Lȳdia",
          "Lydia#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Lȳdiae",
      "links": [
        [
          "Lȳdiae",
          "Lydiae#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Lȳdiae",
      "links": [
        [
          "Lȳdiae",
          "Lydiae#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Lȳdiam",
      "links": [
        [
          "Lȳdiam",
          "Lydiam#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Lȳdiā",
      "links": [
        [
          "Lȳdiā",
          "Lydia#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Lȳdia",
      "links": [
        [
          "Lȳdia",
          "Lydia#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Lȳdia<1>"
      },
      "expansion": "Lȳdia f sg (genitive Lȳdiae); first declension",
      "name": "la-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Lȳdia<1>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Ancient Near East",
          "orig": "la:Ancient Near East",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Former polities",
          "orig": "la:Former polities",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Geographic and cultural areas of Asia",
          "orig": "la:Geographic and cultural areas of Asia",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Geographic and cultural areas of Turkey",
          "orig": "la:Geographic and cultural areas of Turkey",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Places in Turkey",
          "orig": "la:Places in Turkey",
          "parents": [
            "Places"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "67 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with etymology texts",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "67 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with etymology trees",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "80 20",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "69 31",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages using etymon with no ID",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "66 34",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with etymology trees",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Lydia (a historical region and ancient kingdom in western Asia Minor, in modern-day Turkey)"
      ],
      "id": "en-Lydia-la-name-8CzCpsNR",
      "links": [
        [
          "Lydia",
          "Lydia#English:_Q620765"
        ],
        [
          "ancient",
          "ancient"
        ],
        [
          "kingdom",
          "kingdom"
        ],
        [
          "Asia Minor",
          "Asia Minor#English"
        ],
        [
          "Turkey",
          "Turkey#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(historical) Lydia (a historical region and ancient kingdom in western Asia Minor, in modern-day Turkey)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "historical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin female given names",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin given names",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "34 66",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin feminine nouns in the first declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "What now, if Love returning should pair us 'neath his brazen yoke once more, and, bright-hair'd Chloe spurning, Horace to off-cast Lydia ope his door?",
          "ref": "23 BCE – 13 BCE, Quintus Horatius Flaccus, Carmina Book III, poem IX",
          "text": "Quid sī prīsca redit Venus dīductōsque iugō cōgit aēneō? sī flāva excutitur Chloē reiectaeque patet iānua Lȳdiae?",
          "translation": "What now, if Love returning should pair us 'neath his brazen yoke once more, and, bright-hair'd Chloe spurning, Horace to off-cast Lydia ope his door?",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a female given name"
      ],
      "id": "en-Lydia-la-name-pLhOhtoi",
      "links": [
        [
          "given name",
          "given name"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈlyː.di.a]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈliː.di.a]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Lydia"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Latin 3-syllable words",
    "Latin entries with etymology texts",
    "Latin entries with etymology trees",
    "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
    "Latin feminine nouns",
    "Latin feminine nouns in the first declension",
    "Latin first declension nouns",
    "Latin lemmas",
    "Latin proper nouns",
    "Latin terms borrowed from Ancient Greek",
    "Latin terms derived from Ancient Greek",
    "Latin terms derived from Proto-Hellenic",
    "Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Latin terms spelled with Y",
    "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages using etymon with no ID",
    "Pages with 7 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Pages with etymology trees",
    "sv:Biblical characters",
    "sv:Individuals"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": ":bor",
        "3": "grc:Λῡδῐ́ᾱ",
        "text": "+",
        "title": "Lȳdia",
        "tree": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "Etymology tree\nAncient Greek Λῡδός (Lūdós)\nProto-Indo-European *-h₂\nProto-Indo-European *-éh₂\nProto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂\nProto-Hellenic *-íā\nAncient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā)\nAncient Greek Λῡδῐ́ᾱ (Lūdĭ́ā)bor.\nLatin Lȳdia\n[Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from\", \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"gloss\" : \"Lydus\", \"children\" : [ ], \"lang_name\" : \"Ancient Greek\", \"term\" : \"Λῡδός\", \"status\" : \"missing\", \"lang\" : \"grc\" }, { \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"alt\" : \"*-i-eh₂\", \"id\" : \"i-extension\", \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"id\" : \"o-grade\", \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"id\" : \"collective nouns\", \"children\" : [ ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Indo-European\", \"term\" : \"*-h₂\", \"lang\" : \"ine-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"keyword\" : \"from\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Indo-European\", \"term\" : \"*-éh₂\", \"lang\" : \"ine-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"keyword\" : \"from\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Indo-European\", \"term\" : \"*-éh₂\", \"lang\" : \"ine-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Hellenic\", \"term\" : \"*-íā\", \"status\" : \"inline\", \"lang\" : \"grk-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Ancient Greek\", \"term\" : \"-ῐ́ᾱ\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"grc\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"is_group\" : true, \"keyword\" : \"affix\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Ancient Greek\", \"term\" : \"Λῡδῐ́ᾱ\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"grc\" } ], \"keyword\" : \"bor\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Latin\", \"term\" : \"Lȳdia\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"la\" }\" data-lang=\"la\" data-title=\"Lȳdia\">\nBorrowed from Ancient Greek Λῡδῐ́ᾱ (Lūdĭ́ā).",
      "name": "ety"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Etymology tree\nAncient Greek Λῡδός (Lūdós)\nProto-Indo-European *-h₂\nProto-Indo-European *-éh₂\nProto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂\nProto-Hellenic *-íā\nAncient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā)\nAncient Greek Λῡδῐ́ᾱ (Lūdĭ́ā)bor.\nLatin Lȳdia\nBorrowed from Ancient Greek Λῡδῐ́ᾱ (Lūdĭ́ā).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Lȳdia",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Lȳdiae",
      "links": [
        [
          "Lȳdiae",
          "Lydiae"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Lȳdia",
      "links": [
        [
          "Lȳdia",
          "Lydia#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Lȳdiae",
      "links": [
        [
          "Lȳdiae",
          "Lydiae#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Lȳdiae",
      "links": [
        [
          "Lȳdiae",
          "Lydiae#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Lȳdiam",
      "links": [
        [
          "Lȳdiam",
          "Lydiam#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Lȳdiā",
      "links": [
        [
          "Lȳdiā",
          "Lydia#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Lȳdia",
      "links": [
        [
          "Lȳdia",
          "Lydia#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Lȳdia<1>"
      },
      "expansion": "Lȳdia f sg (genitive Lȳdiae); first declension",
      "name": "la-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Lȳdia<1>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin terms with historical senses",
        "la:Ancient Near East",
        "la:Former polities",
        "la:Geographic and cultural areas of Asia",
        "la:Geographic and cultural areas of Turkey",
        "la:Places in Turkey"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Lydia (a historical region and ancient kingdom in western Asia Minor, in modern-day Turkey)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Lydia",
          "Lydia#English:_Q620765"
        ],
        [
          "ancient",
          "ancient"
        ],
        [
          "kingdom",
          "kingdom"
        ],
        [
          "Asia Minor",
          "Asia Minor#English"
        ],
        [
          "Turkey",
          "Turkey#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(historical) Lydia (a historical region and ancient kingdom in western Asia Minor, in modern-day Turkey)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "historical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin female given names",
        "Latin given names",
        "Latin terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "What now, if Love returning should pair us 'neath his brazen yoke once more, and, bright-hair'd Chloe spurning, Horace to off-cast Lydia ope his door?",
          "ref": "23 BCE – 13 BCE, Quintus Horatius Flaccus, Carmina Book III, poem IX",
          "text": "Quid sī prīsca redit Venus dīductōsque iugō cōgit aēneō? sī flāva excutitur Chloē reiectaeque patet iānua Lȳdiae?",
          "translation": "What now, if Love returning should pair us 'neath his brazen yoke once more, and, bright-hair'd Chloe spurning, Horace to off-cast Lydia ope his door?",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a female given name"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "given name",
          "given name"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈlyː.di.a]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈliː.di.a]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Lydia"
}

Download raw JSONL data for Lydia meaning in Latin (6.0kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Latin dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-06-07 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-06-01 using wiktextract (e79dea5 and 7f4db16). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.