Ιθάκη
See also: Ἰθάκη
Greek edit
Alternative forms edit
- Θιάκι n (Thiáki) — vernacular or literary
Etymology edit
Ancient Greek Ῐ̓θᾰ́κη (Ithákē). Also see Θιάκι n (Thiáki).
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Ιθάκη • (Itháki) f (plural Ιθάκες)
- Ithaca, Ithaka (island in the Ionian sea)
- Constantinos Cavafis, Ιθάκη (Ithaca), poem, 1911 @greek-language.gr, excerpts, English translation by Edmund Keeley:
- Σα βγεις στον πηγαιμό για την Ιθάκη, […]
Πάντα στον νου σου να ’χεις την Ιθάκη. […]
ήδη θα το κατάλαβες η[sic (οι)] Ιθάκες τί σημαίνουν.- Sa vgeis ston pigaimó gia tin Itháki, […]
Pánta ston nou sou na ’cheis tin Itháki. […]
ídi tha to katálaves i[sic (oi)] Ithákes tí simaínoun. - As you set out for Ithaka […]
Keep Ithaka always in your mind. […]
you’ll have understood by then what these Ithakas mean.
- Sa vgeis ston pigaimó gia tin Itháki, […]
Declension edit
declension of Ιθάκη
Further reading edit
- Ιθάκη on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el