Κορσική

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Κόρσικα (Kórsika), Κορσίς (Korsís)

Etymology

From Latin Corsica.

Pronunciation

(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /kor.siˈci/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /kor.siˈci/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /kor.siˈci/

Proper noun

Κορσική • (Korsikḗ) f (genitive Κορσικῆς); first declension

(Koine, Byzantine) Corsica (an island in the Mediterranean to the north of Sardinia)

Declension

First declension of ἡ Κορσική; τῆς Κορσικῆς (Koine)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Κορσική hē Korsikḗ
Genitive	τῆς Κορσικῆς tês Korsikês
Dative	τῇ Κορσικῇ tēî Korsikēî
Accusative	τὴν Κορσικήν tḕn Korsikḗn
Vocative	Κορσική Korsikḗ

Synonyms

Κύρνος (Kúrnos) (classical)

Descendants

Greek: Κορσική (Korsikí)

Further reading

Sophocles, Evangelinos Apostolides (1900) “Κόρσικα”, in Greek Lexicon of the Roman and Byzantine Periods (from B. C. 146 to A. D. 1100), New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, page 682