Εὐνίκη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From εὐ- (eu-, “good”) +‎ νίκη (níkē, “victory”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /eu̯.nǐː.kɛː/ → /eˈβni.ci/ → /eˈvni.ci/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /eu̯.nǐː.kɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ewˈni.ke̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /eˈβni.ci/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /eˈvni.ci/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /eˈvni.ci/

Proper noun

Εὐνῑ́κη • (Eunī́kē) f (genitive Εὐνῑ́κης); first declension

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Eunice

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Εὐνῑ́κη; τῆς Εὐνῑ́κης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Εὐνῑ́κη hē Eunī́kē
Genitive	τῆς Εὐνῑ́κης tês Eunī́kēs
Dative	τῇ Εὐνῑ́κῃ têi Eunī́kēi
Accusative	τὴν Εὐνῑ́κην tḕn Eunī́kēn
Vocative	Εὐνῑ́κη Eunī́kē
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Ευνίκη (Evníki)
• → Latin: Eunīcē
  • → English: Eunice
  • → Irish: Eoinícé
  • → Manx: Eunys
  • → Polish: Eunika

References

• G2131 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• New Testament 2 Timothy 1:5