Κύθηρα
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Ancient Greek
Etymology
According to Beekes, stem ending -ηρ implies a Pre-Greek origin (except for -τηρ).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ký.tʰɛː.ra/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈky.tʰe̝.ra/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈcy.θi.ra/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈcy.θi.ra/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈci.θi.ra/
Proper noun
Κῠ́θηρᾰ • (Kúthēra) n pl (genitive Κῠθήρων); second declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Plural | ||||||||||||
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| Nominative | τᾰ̀ Κῠ́θηρᾰ tà Kúthēra | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τῶν Κῠθήρων tôn Kuthḗrōn | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τοῖς Κῠθήροις toîs Kuthḗrois | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τᾰ̀ Κῠ́θηρᾰ tà Kúthēra | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Κῠ́θηρᾰ Kúthēra | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
- Κῠθήρῐος (Kuthḗrios)
- Κῠθέρηθεν (Kuthérēthen)
- Ᾰ̓ντῐκῠ́θηρᾰ (Antikúthēra)
Descendants
References
- “Κύθηρα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Κύθηρα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “Κύθηρα”, 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 1,008
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek (pre-Hellenic) Κύθηρα (Kúthēra).
Noun
Κύθηρα • (Kýthira) n pl
Declension
| plural | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Κύθηρα (Kýthira) |
| genitive | Κυθήρων (Kythíron) |
| accusative | Κύθηρα (Kýthira) |
| vocative | Κύθηρα (Kýthira) |
Synonyms
- Τσιρίγο n (Tsirígo)
Further reading
Κύθηρα on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
