Ὀρτυγία
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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ὄρτυξ (órtux, “quail”) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /or.ty.ɡí.aː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /or.tyˈɡi.a/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /or.tyˈʝi.a/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /or.tyˈʝi.a/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /or.tiˈʝi.a/
Proper noun
Ὀρτῠγῐ́ᾱ • (Ortŭgĭ́ā) f (genitive Ὀρτῠγῐ́ᾱς); first declension
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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| Nominative | ἡ Ὀρτῠγῐ́ᾱ hē Ortŭgĭ́ā | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς Ὀρτῠγῐ́ᾱς tês Ortŭgĭ́ās | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ Ὀρτῠγῐ́ᾳ têi Ortŭgĭ́āi | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν Ὀρτῠγῐ́ᾱν tḕn Ortŭgĭ́ān | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Ὀρτῠγῐ́ᾱ Ortŭgĭ́ā | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
- → Latin: Ortygia
Further reading
- “Ὀρτυγία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Ὀρτυγία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette