Κιλικίαν (Kilikian)

Κιλικίαν is an Ancient Greek form of Κιλίκιa, meaning “Kilikia — the description of Cilicia is difficult; but the best way of understanding the character of…”. It is the accusative singular feminine noun.

It can also be a form of Κιλίκια, “Kilikia — the description of Cilicia is difficult; but the best way of understanding the character of…”.

Found 90 times in the Ancient Greek texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Plutarch, Lucullus 6.1: ἐν τούτῳ δʼ ὁ τὴν Κιλικίαν ἔχων Ὀκτάουϊος ἠγγέλθη τεθνηκώς. σπαργώντων δὲ πολλῶν πρὸς τὴν ἐπαρχίαν καὶ Κέθηγον ὡς δυνατώτατον ὄντα διαπρ …

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Liddell-Scott-Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.