Ortygia

• Ortygiē

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ὀρτυγία (Ortugía), itself from ὄρτυξ (órtux, “quail”).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɔrˈty.ɡi.a]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [orˈt̪iː.d͡ʒi.a]

Ortygia f sg (genitive Ortygiae); first declension

1. A small island situated in front of the great harbour of Syracusae

First-declension noun, singular only.

• English: Ortygia
• Italian: Ortigia
• Sicilian: Articia, Artiggia

• Ortygia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Ortygia”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly