Ἰθάκη

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

Uncertain origin; first element possibly from a Phoenician 𐤀𐤉 (ʾy /⁠ʾī⁠/, island).

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Ῐ̓θᾰ́κη (Ithákēf (genitive Ῐ̓θᾰ́κης); first declension

  1. Ithaca

Inflection

Derived terms

Descendants

  • English: Ithaca
  • French: Ithaque
  • Greek: Ιθάκη (Itháki)
  • Italian: Itaca
  • Latin: Ithaca
  • Russian: Итака (Itaka)

Further reading

  • Ἰθάκη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Ἰθάκη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • Ἰθάκη”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,014