Αἰκατερίνη

See also: Αικατερίνη

Ancient Greek

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Etymology

Uncertain. Often said to be from Ἑκάτη (Hekátē, “Hecate”), though the Oxford Dictionary of First Names finds this unconvincing. Or, from Ἑκατερ(ός) (Hekater(ós))^[1] + -ίνη (-ínē) from ἑκάτερος (hekáteros, “each of the two”).^[2] An early folk etymology to καθαρός (katharós, “clean, pure”) resulted to Medieval Latin Katerina, Catharīna and descendants.^[3]

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ai̯.ka.te.rǐː.nɛː/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ɛ.ka.teˈri.ne̝/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɛ.ka.teˈri.ni/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /e.ka.teˈri.ni/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /e.ka.teˈri.ni/

Proper noun

Αἰκατερῑ́νη • (Aikaterī́nē) f (genitive Αἰκατερίνης); first declension (Koine)

a female given name, equivalent to English Catherine or Katharine

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Αἰκατερῑ́νη; τῆς Αἰκατερῑ́νης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Αἰκατερῑ́νη hē Aikaterī́nē
Genitive	τῆς Αἰκατερῑ́νης tês Aikaterī́nēs
Dative	τῇ Αἰκατερῑ́νῃ têi Aikaterī́nēi
Accusative	τὴν Αἰκατερῑ́νην tḕn Aikaterī́nēn
Vocative	Αἰκατερῑ́νη Aikaterī́nē
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

Borrowings

→ Greek: Αικατερίνη (Aikateríni) (learned)
→ Bulgarian: Екатерина (Ekaterina)
→ Coptic: Ⲕⲁⲧⲧⲣⲓⲛ (Kattrin)
→ Georgian: ეკატერინე (eḳaṭerine)
→ Latin: Ecaterina
- Medieval Latin: Katerina; Catharīna (influenced by καθαρός (katharós, “pure”))
  - Romanian: Cătălina
  - Italo-Dalmatian:
    - Corsican: Catalina
    - Italian: Caterina
  - Old French: Cateline
    - French: Catherine
      - → English: Catherine
      - Japanese: カトリーヌ (Katorīnu)
    - Norman: Cathelène, Cathrène
    - → Irish: Caitlín
      - → English: Caitlin, Kathleen
      - → Icelandic: Kaðlín
    - → Irish: Caitríona
  - Old Occitan:
    - Catalan: Caterina
    - Occitan: Catarina
  - Venetian: Catarina
  - West Iberian:
    - Old Galician-Portuguese:
      - Galician: Catarina, Catuxa
      - Portuguese: Catarina
    - Spanish: Catalina
  - Sardinian: Caderina
→ Albanian: Katrina
→ Basque: Katalin, Kattalin
→ Breton: Katell
→ Cimbrian: Katroin
→ Czech: Kateřina
→ Danish: Katrine
→ Dutch: Katrien
→ English: Katherine
→ Estonian: Kadri, Katariina
→ Finnish: Katariina
→ German: Katharina
→ Hungarian: Katalin
→ Icelandic: Katrín
→ Irish: Caitríona
→ English: Katrina
→ Kashubian: Katarzëna
→ Latvian: Katrīna, Katarīna
→ Lithuanian: Kotryna
→ Lower Sorbian: Katarina
→ Luxembourgish: Katräin, Katréng, Katrin, Katring
→ Macedonian: Катерина (Katerina)
→ Maltese: Katarina
→ Norwegian: Katarina
→ Old Ruthenian: Єкатери́на (Jekaterína)
- Belarusian: Кацяры́на (Kacjarýna)
- Ukrainian: Катери́на (Katerýna)
→ Polish: Katarzyna
→ Romanian: Ecaterina
→ Russian: Екатери́на (Jekaterína), Катерина (Katerina)
→ Scottish Gaelic: Caitrìona
→ Serbo-Croatian: Katarina / Катарина
→ Slovak: Katarína
→ Slovene: Katarina
→ Swedish: Katarina
→ Upper Sorbian: Katarina
→ Welsh: Catrin
→ West Frisian: Katarina
- ⇒ West Frisian: Nynke
  - → Dutch: Nienke

References

^ “Ἑκατερός”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011
^ Patrick Hanks and Kate Hardcastle, eds., Oxford Dictionary of First Names, 2nd ed. (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006), 154.
^ Αικατερίνη - Babiniotis, Georgios (2002) Λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας: […] [Dictionary of Modern Greek (language)] (in Greek), 2nd edition, Athens: Kentro Lexikologias [Lexicology Centre], 1st edition 1998, →ISBN.

[1] “Ἑκατερός”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011

[2] Patrick Hanks and Kate Hardcastle, eds., Oxford Dictionary of First Names, 2nd ed. (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006), 154.

[3] Αικατερίνη - Babiniotis, Georgios (2002) Λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας: […] [Dictionary of Modern Greek (language)] (in Greek), 2nd edition, Athens: Kentro Lexikologias [Lexicology Centre], 1st edition 1998, →ISBN.

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