εύρηκα

See also: εὕρηκα

Greek

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek εὕρηκα (heúrēka, “I have found”), past tense of εὑρίσκω (heurískō). Exclamation attributed to Archimedes.[1] Doublet of βρήκα (vríka).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈe.vɾi.ka/
  • Hyphenation: εύ‧ρη‧κα

Interjection

εύρηκα • (évrika)

  1. eureka

See also

References

  1. ^ εύρηκα, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
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