Τερψιχόρα
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Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- Τερψῐχόρη (Terpsikhórē)
Etymology
From τέρψῐς (térpsis, “enjoyment”) + χορός (khorós, “dance”) + -ᾱ (-ā).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /terp.si.kʰó.raː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /terp.siˈkʰo.ra/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /terp.siˈxo.ra/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /terp.siˈxo.ra/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /terp.siˈxo.ra/
Proper noun
Τερψῐχόρᾱ • (Terpsikhórā) f (genitive Τερψῐχόρᾱς); first declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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| Nominative | ἡ Τερψῐχόρᾱ hē Terpsikhórā | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς Τερψῐχόρᾱς tês Terpsikhórās | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ Τερψῐχόρᾳ têi Terpsikhórāi | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν Τερψῐχόρᾱν tḕn Terpsikhórān | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Τερψῐχόρᾱ Terpsikhórā | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
- Greek: Τερψιχόρα (Terpsichóra)
- → Latin: Terpsichora
Further reading
- “Τερψιχόρα”, 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 1,027
- Τερψιχόρα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette