Εὐρυδίκη
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- Εὐρυδίκα (Eurudíka) – Doric
Etymology
From εὐρῠ́ς (eurús, “broad”) + δῐ́κη (díkē, “justice”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /eu̯.ry.dí.kɛː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ew.ryˈdi.ke̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /e.βryˈði.ci/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /e.vryˈði.ci/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /e.vriˈði.ci/
Proper noun
Εὐρῠδίκη • (Eurudíkē) f (genitive Εὐρῠδίκης); first declension
- a female given name, equivalent to English Eurydice
Inflection
First declension of ἡ Εὐρῠδίκη; τῆς Εὐρῠδίκης (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ Εὐρῠδίκη hē Eurudíkē | ||||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς Εὐρῠδίκης tês Eurudíkēs | ||||||||||||
Dative | τῇ Εὐρῠδίκῃ têi Eurudíkēi | ||||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν Εὐρῠδίκην tḕn Eurudíkēn | ||||||||||||
Vocative | Εὐρῠδίκη Eurudíkē | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
- Greek: Ευρυδίκη (Evrydíki)
- → Latin: Eurydicē
- → English: Eurydice
- → Italian: Euridice
- → Portuguese: Eurídice
- → Spanish: Eurídice
References
- “Εὐρυδίκη”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- Εὐρυδίκη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,010