Ἰτύκη
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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Phoenician 𐤏𐤕𐤒 (ʿtq, “old”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /i.tý.kɛː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /iˈty.ke̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /iˈty.ci/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /iˈty.ci/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /iˈti.ci/
Proper noun
Ἰτύκη • (Itúkē) f (genitive Ἰτύκης); first declension
- Utica (an ancient city and Phoenician colony on the African coast near Carthage in modern Bizerte Governorate, Tunisia).
Inflection
Derived terms
- Ἰτυκαῖος (Itukaîos)
Descendants
- Greek: Ιτύκη (Itýki)
References
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,029