Κυρηναϊκή

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Κῡρηνᾰῐ̈κός (Kūrēnăĭ̈kós, “Cyrenean, adj.”) +‎ -ή (-ḗ, “-a: forming feminine nouns”), from Κῡρηναῖος (Kūrēnaîos, “Cyrenean, n.”) + -ικός (-ikós, “-ic: forming adjectives”), from Κυρήνη (Kurḗnē, “Cyrene”) + -ιος (-ios, “-y: forming demonyms”), q.v.

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Κῡρηνᾰῐ̈κή • (Kūrēnăĭ̈kḗ) f (genitive Κῡρηνᾰῐ̈κῆς); first declension

  1. Cyrenaica (a geographic region, an and former province of northeastern Libya; in modern usage, extended to the entire eastern portion of Libya)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Κῡρηνᾰῐ̈κή; τῆς Κῡρηνᾰῐ̈κῆς (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ἡ Κῡρηνᾰῐ̈κή
hē Kūrēnăĭ̈kḗ
Genitive τῆς Κῡρηνᾰῐ̈κῆς
tês Kūrēnăĭ̈kês
Dative τῇ Κῡρηνᾰῐ̈κῇ
tēî Kūrēnăĭ̈kēî
Accusative τὴν Κῡρηνᾰῐ̈κήν
tḕn Kūrēnăĭ̈kḗn
Vocative Κῡρηνᾰῐ̈κή
Kūrēnăĭ̈kḗ
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.