Ἠλέκτρα
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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἤλεκτρον (ḗlektron, “amber”) + -ᾱ (-ā).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ɛː.lék.traː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /e̝ˈlek.tra/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /iˈlek.tra/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /iˈlek.tra/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /iˈlek.tra/
Proper noun
Ἠλέκτρᾱ • (Ēléktrā) f (genitive Ἠλέκτρᾱς); first declension
- a female given name, equivalent to English Electra
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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| Nominative | ἡ Ἠλέκτρᾱ hē Ēléktrā | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς Ἠλέκτρᾱς tês Ēléktrās | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ Ἠλέκτρᾳ têi Ēléktrāi | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν Ἠλέκτρᾱν tḕn Ēléktrān | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Ἠλέκτρᾱ Ēléktrā | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
References
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,009