Κύθηρα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

According to Beekes, stem ending -ηρ implies a Pre-Greek origin (except for -τηρ).

Pronunciation
 

Proper noun

Κῠ́θηρᾰ • (Kúthēra) n pl (genitive Κῠθήρων); second declension

  1. Kythira (also spelt Cythera, Kythera or Kithira), one of the seven major Ionian Islands, Greece.

Inflection
Second declension of τᾰ̀ Κῠ́θηρᾰ; τῶν Κῠθήρων (Attic)
Case / # Plural
Nominative τᾰ̀ Κῠ́θηρᾰ
tà Kúthēra
Genitive τῶν Κῠθήρων
tôn Kuthḗrōn
Dative τοῖς Κῠθήροις
toîs Kuthḗrois
Accusative τᾰ̀ Κῠ́θηρᾰ
tà Kúthēra
Vocative Κῠ́θηρᾰ
Kúthēra
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Greek: Κύθηρα n pl (Kýthira, “Kythira”)
  • Italian: Cerigo
  • Latin: Cythera

References
  • “Κύθηρα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “Κύθηρα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “Κύθηρα”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,008

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek (pre-Hellenic) Κύθηρα (Kúthēra).

Noun

Κύθηρα • (Kýthira) n pl

  1. Kythira (also Cythera, Kythera or Kithira)

Declension
  Κύθηρα
case     \     number plural
nominative Κύθηρα •
genitive Κυθήρων •
accusative Κύθηρα •
vocative Κύθηρα •

Synonyms

Further reading
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