Κέρκυρα
Ancient Greek edit
Alternative forms edit
- Κόρκῡρᾰ (Kórkūra)
Etymology edit
From the name of the nymph Corcyra in Greek mythology, or Cercyra in the Doric dialect, daughter of Asopos and the river nymph Metope.
Pronunciation edit
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kér.kyː.ra/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈker.ky.ra/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈcer.cy.ra/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈcer.cy.ra/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈcer.ci.ra/
Proper noun edit
Κέρκῡρᾰ • (Kérkūra) f (genitive Κερκῡ́ρᾱς); first declension
Inflection edit
Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ Κέρκῡρᾰ hē Kérkūra | ||||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς Κερκῡ́ρᾱς tês Kerkū́rās | ||||||||||||
Dative | τῇ Κερκῡ́ρᾳ têi Kerkū́rāi | ||||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν Κέρκῡρᾰν tḕn Kérkūran | ||||||||||||
Vocative | Κέρκῡρᾰ Kérkūra | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms edit
- Κερκῡραῖος (Kerkūraîos)
- Κερκῡραῐ̈κός (Kerkūraïkós)
References edit
- “Κέρκυρα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Κέρκυρα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,007
Greek edit
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Κέρκυρα • (Kérkyra) f
Usage notes edit
Genitive singular: also learned type Ancient Greek Κερκύρας (Kerkúras) used for names of streets and the type of butter:
- βούτυρο Κερκύρας ― voútyro Kerkýras ― Kerkyra butter.
Declension edit
Κέρκυρα
case \ number | singular |
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nominative | Κέρκυρα • |
genitive | Κέρκυρας • |
accusative | Κέρκυρα • |
vocative | Κέρκυρα • |
Derived terms edit
- Κερκυραίος m or f (Kerkyraíos, “Corfiot”)
- Κερκυραία m (Kerkyraía, “Corfiot”)
- κερκυραϊκός (kerkyraïkós, “Corfiot”)
- κερκυραίικος (kerkyraíikos, “Corfiot”)