Κύθηρα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

According to Beekes, stem ending -ηρ implies a Pre-Greek origin (except for -τηρ).

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Κῠ́θηρᾰ • (Kŭ́thēră) n pl (genitive Κῠθήρων); second declension

  1. Kythira (also spelt Cythera, Kythera or Kithira), one of the seven major Ionian Islands, Greece.

Inflection

Second declension of τᾰ̀ Κῠ́θηρᾰ; τῶν Κῠθήρων (Attic)
Case / # Plural
Nominative τᾰ̀ Κῠ́θηρᾰ
tằ Kŭ́thēră
Genitive τῶν Κῠθήρων
tôn Kŭthḗrōn
Dative τοῖς Κῠθήροις
toîs Kŭthḗrois
Accusative τᾰ̀ Κῠ́θηρᾰ
tằ Kŭ́thēră
Vocative Κῠ́θηρᾰ
Kŭ́thēră
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Greek: Κύθηρα n pl (Kýthira, “Kythira”)
  • Italian: Cerigo
  • Latin: Cythera

References

  • “Κύθηρα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “Κύθηρα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “Κύθηρα”, 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 1,008

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek (pre-Hellenic) Κύθηρα (Kúthēra).

Noun

Κύθηρα • (Kýthira) n pl

  1. Kythira (also Cythera, Kythera or Kithira)

Declension

Declension of Κύθηρα
plural
nominative Κύθηρα (Kýthira)
genitive Κυθήρων (Kythíron)
accusative Κύθηρα (Kýthira)
vocative Κύθηρα (Kýthira)

Synonyms

Further reading

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