Iconium

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -əʊniəm

Proper noun

Iconium

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

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) 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

1. Konya (a city in modern Turkey)

Declension

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

	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.