Θεσσαλονίκη
προγράψαντες οὖν τά τε θεωρήματα καὶ τὰ ἐπιτάγματα τὰ χρεῖαν ἔχοντα εἰς τὰς ἀποδείξιας αὐτῶν μετὰ ταῦτα γραψοῦμές τοι τὰ προκείμενα → having therefore written at the beginning the theorems and the postulates that are necessary for their proofs, we will then write out for you the propositions
English (Strong)
from Thessalos (a Thessalian) and νίκη; Thessalonice, a place in Asia Minor: Thessalonica.
English (Thayer)
Θεσσαλονίκης, ἡ, Thessalonica (now Saloniki), a celebrated and populous city, situated on the Thermaic Gulf, the capital of the second (there were four; cf. Livy 45:29)) division of Macedonia and the residence of a Roman governor and quaestor. It was anciently called Therme, but was rebuilt by Cassander, the son of Antipater, and called by its new name (which first appears in Polybius 23,4, 4) in honor of his wife Thessalonica, the sister of Alexander the Great; cf. Strabo 7,330. Here Paul the apostle founded a Christian church: BB. DD. under the word; Lewin, St. Paul, i., 225ff.)
