According to Pedanius Dioscorides, the plant was named after the sorceress Circe. Alternatively, the word could be related to the proper noun Δίρκη (Dírkē). Furnée points to a Pre-Greek name in -αιο-. Compare also δίρκαιον (dírkaion, “winter cherry”).
δῐρκαίᾰ • (dirkaía) f (genitive δῐρκαίᾱς); first declension
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ δῐρκαῖᾰ hē dirkaîa |
τὼ δῐρκαίᾱ tṑ dirkaíā |
αἱ δῐρκαῖαι hai dirkaîai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς δῐρκαίᾱς tês dirkaíās |
τοῖν δῐρκαίαιν toîn dirkaíain |
τῶν δῐρκαιῶν tôn dirkaiôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ δῐρκαίᾳ têi dirkaíāi |
τοῖν δῐρκαίαιν toîn dirkaíain |
ταῖς δῐρκαίαις taîs dirkaíais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν δῐρκαῖᾰν tḕn dirkaîan |
τὼ δῐρκαίᾱ tṑ dirkaíā |
τᾱ̀ς δῐρκαίᾱς tā̀s dirkaíās | ||||||||||
Vocative | δῐρκαῖᾰ dirkaîa |
δῐρκαίᾱ dirkaíā |
δῐρκαῖαι dirkaîai | ||||||||||
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