Ithaca

English

Alternative forms

• Ithaka

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἰθάκα (Itháka), Doric form of Ἰθάκη (Ithákē).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɪθəkə/

Proper noun

Ithaca

1. An island in the Ionian Sea, Greece; according to the legend Odysseus was its king.

   Coordinate terms: Cephalonia, Corfu, Kythira, Lefkada, Paxos, Zakynthos

2. A community in Georgia, United States.
3. A city, the county seat of Gratiot County, Michigan.
4. A village in Nebraska.
5. A city, the county seat of Tompkins County, New York.
6. A town in Tompkins County, New York, surrounding the city of the same name.
7. A village in Ohio.
8. A town in Wisconsin.

Derived terms

• Ithacan

Translations

island

• Armenian: Իթակե (hy) (Itʿake)
• French: Ithaque (fr) f
• German: Ithaka (de) n
• Greek: Ιθάκη (el) f (Itháki)

  Ancient: Ἰθάκη f (Ithákē)

• Irish: Iotaca f
• Italian: Itaca f
• Polish: Itaka (pl) f
• Portuguese: Ítaca (pt) f
• Russian: Итака (ru) (Itaka)
• Spanish: Ítaca (es) f

Anagrams

• Cahita

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἰθάκη (Ithákē).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈi.tʰa.ka/, [ˈɪt̪ʰäkä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈi.ta.ka/, [ˈiːt̪äkä]

Proper noun

Ithaca f sg (genitive Ithacae); first declension

1. Ithaca

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Ithaca
Genitive	Ithacae
Dative	Ithacae
Accusative	Ithacam
Ablative	Ithacā
Vocative	Ithaca

Related terms

• Ithacensis
• Ithacēsius
• Ithacus

References

• “Ithaca”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Ithaca in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Ithaca”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly