Circe

Borrowed from Latin Circē.

• (Received Pronunciation, General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈsɜː.si/
• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈsɝ.si/
• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)si

Circe

1. (Greek mythology) An enchantress who turned Odysseus's men into pigs.
2. A woman having the characteristics of Circe; an enchantress.
   • 1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:

     Here is a nice state of affairs. I, at my age, to fall a victim to this modern Circe!

3. (astronomy) 34 Circe, a main belt asteroid.

• (astronomy): 34 Circe, ㉞

• Circean

• cerci, ceric

Borrowed from Latin Circē.

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃir.t͡ʃe/
• Rhymes: -irtʃe
• Hyphenation: Cìr‧ce

Circe f

1. (Greek mythology) Circe

• ricce

• Circā

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Κίρκη (Kírkē).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈkɪr.keː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈt͡ʃir.t͡ʃe]

Circē f sg (genitive Circēs); first declension

1. , a name, particularly the sorceress who appears in Homer's Odyssey.

First-declension noun (Greek-type), singular only.

• → Catalan: Circe
• → English: Circe
• → French: Circé
• → Italian: Circe
• → Sicilian: Circi
• → Spanish: Circe

Borrowed from Latin Circē.

• IPA^(key): /ˈθiɾθe/ [ˈθiɾ.θe] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /ˈsiɾse/ [ˈsiɾ.se] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -iɾθe (Spain)
• Rhymes: -iɾse (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: Cir‧ce

Circe f

1. (Greek mythology) Circe