Κίρκη

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

From κίρκος (kírkos, “falcon”). Compare Old Norse gýgr (“ogress, witch”) and Icelandic gýgur (“troll-woman, ogress”).

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Κίρκη • (Kírkē) f (genitive Κίρκης); first declension

  1. Circe, a name, particularly the sorceress who appears in Homer's Odyssey.

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Κίρκη; τῆς Κίρκης (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ἡ Κίρκη
hē Kírkē
Genitive τῆς Κίρκης
tês Kírkēs
Dative τῇ Κίρκῃ
têi Kírkēi
Accusative τὴν Κίρκην
tḕn Kírkēn
Vocative Κίρκη
Kírkē
Notes:

Descendants

  • Greek: Κίρκη (Kírki)
  • → Latin: Circē, Circā

Further reading

  • “Κίρκη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “Κίρκη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “Κίρκη”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,006
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