Εὐρύκλεια
Ancient Greek
Etymology
A compound of εὐρῠ́ς (eurŭ́s, “broad”) + κλέος (kléos, “fame”) + -ια (-ia). Compare Ἀντῐ́κλειᾰ (Antĭ́kleiă) and Μεγᾰ́κλειᾰ (Megắkleiă).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /eu̯.rý.kleː.a/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ewˈry.kli.a/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /eˈβry.kli.a/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /eˈvry.kli.a/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /eˈvri.kli.a/
Proper noun
Εὐρῠ́κλειᾰ • (Eurŭ́kleiă) f (genitive Εὐρῠκλείᾱς); first declension
- a female given name, equivalent to English Eurycleia
- in particular: Eurycleia of Ithaca (the nurse of Odysseus, and faithful housekeeper in his palace)
- in particular: Eurycleia of Ithaca (the nurse of Odysseus, and faithful housekeeper in his palace)
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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| Nominative | ἡ Εὐρῠ́κλειᾰ hē Eurŭ́kleiă | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς Εὐρῠκλείᾱς tês Eurŭkleíās | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ Εὐρῠκλείᾳ tēî Eurŭkleíāi | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν Εὐρῠ́κλειᾰν tḕn Eurŭ́kleiăn | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Εὐρῠ́κλειᾰ Eurŭ́kleiă | ||||||||||||
| Notes: |
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| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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| Nominative | Εὐρῠ́κλειᾰ Eurŭ́kleiă | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | Εὐρῠκλείης Eurŭkleíēs | ||||||||||||
| Dative | Εὐρῠκλείῃ Eurŭkleíēi | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | Εὐρῠ́κλειᾰν Eurŭ́kleiăn | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Εὐρῠ́κλειᾰ Eurŭ́kleiă | ||||||||||||
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Synonyms
- (Eurycleia): Ἀντιφάτη (Antiphátē)
Descendants
- Greek: Ευρύκλεια (Evrýkleia)
- Latin: Euryclēa
References
- “Εὐρύκλεια”, 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[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,010
- «Εὐρύκλεια» in Georg Autenrieth’s Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges (1891)