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English
Proper noun
Cythera
- Alternative form of Kythira
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Κύθηρα (Kúthēra).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Cythēra n pl (genitive Cythērōrum); second declension
- (plural only) Kythira
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, plural only.
References
- “Cythera”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Cythera in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Cythera”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly