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Nicaea

Nicaea · f

The name of several cities

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Where it lives

Pro Rege Deiotaro 1 · 2.56/10k
Ab urbe condita libri, erklärt von M. Weissenborn, books 31-32 - 32 2 · 1.88/10k
Pro Cn. Plancio 1 · 0.86/10k
Ab urbe condita libri, erklärt von M. Weissenborn, books 35-38 - 35 1 · 0.79/10k
Res Gestae 10 · 0.78/10k
Carmina 1 · 0.78/10k
Letters 4 · 0.62/10k
Ab urbe condita, books 26-30 - 28 1 · 0.6/10k
Historiam ecclesiasticam gentis Anglorum 1 · 0.14/10k
Historiae Alexandri Magni 1 · 0.13/10k
Letters to Atticus 1 · 0.08/10k
Ab urbe condita 4 · 0.08/10k

Densest 12 of 13 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

Nīcaea — Lewis & Short

Nīcaea (Nīcēa, ae, f., = *ni/kaia.

Plin. Ep. 10, 48),

I The name of several cities.

A A city in Bithynia, on Lake Ascanius, formerly called Antigonia, the mod. Isnik or Nice, Cic. Planc. 34, 84; id. Att. 14, 1, 2; Cat. 46, 5; Plin. Ep. 10, 49, 1; Plin. 5, 22, 43, § 148.—

B A city in Locris, near Thermopylæ, Liv. 28, 5, 18; 32, 32; 35.—

C An Indian city on the Hydaspes, founded by Alexander the Great, Curt. 9, 3, 23; Just. 12, 8, 8.—

D A city in Liguria, a colony of Marseilles, Plin. 3, 5, 7, § 47.—

II Derivv.

A Nīcaeensis (Nīcensis, Plin. Ep. 10, 48), e, adj., Nicene, Plin. 7, 2, 2, § 12.— As subst. plur., the inhabitants of Nicæa, in Bithynia, Cic. Fam. 13, 61 fin.—

B Nī-caenus, a, um, adj., Nicene: Nicaena fides, the confession of faith established at the Council of Nice, Cod. Th. 1, 1, 2.

In the wild

Nicaea Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae 15.11.15
Nicaeaeque Catullus, Carmina lyrics.46.5
Nicaea Bede, Historiam ecclesiasticam gentis Anglorum 4.15.p4
Nicaeam Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae 26.8.3
Nicaea Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 5.32.p4
Nicaeam Livy, Ab urbe condita libri, erklärt von M. Weissenborn, books 31-32 - 32 p38

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