Κυθέρεια
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Κύθηρα (Kúthēra, “Kythira”, Aphrodite's place of birth) + -εῖος (-eîos)
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ky.tʰé.reː.aː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /kyˈtʰe.ri.a/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /cyˈθe.ri.a/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /cyˈθe.ri.a/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ciˈθe.ri.a/
- Hyphenation: Κυ‧θέ‧ρει‧α
Proper noun
Κῠθέρειᾱ • (Kuthéreiā) f (genitive Κῠ́θέρεᾱς); first declension
- (Greek mythology) The goddess Aphrodite.
- 750 BCE – 650 BCE, Hesiod, Theogony 934:
- Ἄρηι ῥινοτόρῳ Κυθέρεια Φόβον καὶ Δεῖμον ἔτικτε
- Árēi rhinotórōi Kuthéreia Phóbon kaì Deîmon étikte
- To Ares Aphrodite bore the shield-piercer Panic and Dread
- Ἄρηι ῥινοτόρῳ Κυθέρεια Φόβον καὶ Δεῖμον ἔτικτε
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 18.193:
- ἀμβροσίῳ, οἵῳ περ ἐϋστέφανος Κυθέρεια χρίεται
- ambrosíōi, hoíōi per eüstéphanos Kuthéreia khríetai
- with ambrosial, such as that wherewith well-girdled Aphrodite anoints herself
- ἀμβροσίῳ, οἵῳ περ ἐϋστέφανος Κυθέρεια χρίεται
Descendants
- Latin: Cytherea
- English: Cytherea
References
- “Κυθέρεια”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Κυθέρεια”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “Κυθέρεια”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers