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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From δήϊος (dḗïos, “hostile, destroying”) + ἀνήρ (anḗr, “man, husband”) + -ῐᾰ (-ia), referring to her killing of her husband, Heracles.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dɛːi̯.á.neː.ra/ → /ðiˈa.ni.ra/ → /ðiˈa.ni.ra/
Proper noun
Δῃᾰ́νειρᾰ • (Dēiáneira) f (genitive Δῃᾰνείρᾱς); first declension
- (Greek mythology) Deianira (third wife of Heracles)
Inflection
Descendants
References
- Δηϊάνειρα in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- “Δῃάνειρα”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,008