Κέρκυρα

Κέρκυρα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Κόρκῡρᾰ (Kórkūra)

Etymology

From the name of the nymph Corcyra in Greek mythology, or Cercyra in the Doric dialect, daughter of Asopos and the river nymph Metope.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kér.kyː.ra/ → /ˈcer.cy.ra/ → /ˈcer.ci.ra/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kér.kyː.ra/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈker.ky.ra/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈcer.cy.ra/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈcer.cy.ra/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈcer.ci.ra/

Proper noun

Κέρκῡρᾰ • (Kérkūra) f (genitive Κερκῡ́ρᾱς); first declension

1. Corcyra; Corfu, Ionian Islands, Greece

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Κέρκῡρᾰ; τῆς Κερκῡ́ρᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Κέρκῡρᾰ hē Kérkūra
Genitive	τῆς Κερκῡ́ρᾱς tês Kerkū́rās
Dative	τῇ Κερκῡ́ρᾳ têi Kerkū́rāi
Accusative	τὴν Κέρκῡρᾰν tḕn Kérkūran
Vocative	Κέρκῡρᾰ Kérkūra
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Κερκῡραῖος (Kerkūraîos)
• Κερκῡραῐ̈κός (Kerkūraïkós)

References

• “Κέρκυρα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Κέρκυρα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,007

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Greek

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈcercira/

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• Hyphenation: Κέρ‧κυ‧ρα

Proper noun

Κέρκυρα • (Kérkyra)

1. Corfu (an island in Greece)
2. Corfu (a city in Greece)

Usage notes

Genitive singular: also learned type Ancient Greek Κερκύρας (Kerkúras) used for names of streets, and the type of butter:

βούτυρο Κερκύρας ― voútyro Kerkýras ― Kerkyra butter.

Declension

  Κέρκυρα

case     \\     number	singular
nominative	Κέρκυρα •
genitive	Κέρκυρας •
accusative	Κέρκυρα •
vocative	Κέρκυρα •

Derived terms

• Κερκυραίος m or f (Kerkyraíos, “Corfiot”)
• Κερκυραία m (Kerkyraía, “Corfiot”)
• κερκυραϊκός (kerkyraïkós, “Corfiot”)
• κερκυραίικος (kerkyraíikos, “Corfiot”)

Further reading

• Κέρκυρα on Wikipedia.Wikipedia