Εὐτέρπη
Ancient Greek
Etymology
εὐ- (eu-, “good, well”) + τέρπω (térpō, “to please”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /eu̯.tér.pɛː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /eʍˈter.pe̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /eɸˈter.pi/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /efˈter.pi/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /efˈter.pi/
Proper noun
Εὐτέρπη • (Eutérpē) f (genitive Εὐτέρπης); first declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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| Nominative | ἡ Εὐτέρπη hē Eutérpē | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς Εὐτέρπης tês Eutérpēs | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ Εὐτέρπῃ tēî Eutérpēi | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν Εὐτέρπην tḕn Eutérpēn | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Εὐτέρπη Eutérpē | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
See also
- (Greek mythology Muses) Muse; Καλλιόπη, Κλειώ, Ἐρατώ, Εὐτέρπη, Μελπομένη, Πολύμνια, Τερψιχόρη, Θάλεια, Οὐρανία
Further reading
- “Εὐτέρπη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press