Τερψιχόρη

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

From τέρψις (térpsis, “enjoyment, delight”) +‎ χορός (khorós, “chorus”).

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Τερψῐχόρη • (Terpsikhórē) f (genitive Τερψῐχόρης); first declension

  1. Terpsichore

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Τερψῐχόρη; τῆς Τερψῐχόρης (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ἡ Τερψῐχόρη
hē Terpsikhórē
Genitive τῆς Τερψῐχόρης
tês Terpsikhórēs
Dative τῇ Τερψῐχόρῃ
têi Terpsikhórēi
Accusative τὴν Τερψῐχόρην
tḕn Terpsikhórēn
Vocative Τερψῐχόρη
Terpsikhórē
Notes:

Descendants

  • Greek: Τερψιχόρη (Terpsichóri)
  • Latin: Terpsichorē

See also

Further reading

  • “Τερψιχόρη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “Τερψιχόρη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,027
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