Κερκίνη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ker.kí.nɛː/ → /cerˈci.ni/ → /cerˈci.ni/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ker.kí.nɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kerˈki.ne̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /cerˈci.ni/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /cerˈci.ni/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /cerˈci.ni/

Proper noun

Κερκῐ́νη • (Kerkĭ́nē) f (genitive Κερκῐ́νης); first declension

1. Mount Cercine; Belasica, a mountain range shared by Greece, Bulgaria and North Macedonia

Declension

First declension of ἡ Κερκῐ́νη; τῆς Κερκῐ́νης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Κερκῐ́νη hē Kerkĭ́nē
Genitive	τῆς Κερκῐ́νης tês Kerkĭ́nēs
Dative	τῇ Κερκῐ́νῃ têi Kerkĭ́nēi
Accusative	τὴν Κερκῐ́νην tḕn Kerkĭ́nēn
Vocative	Κερκῐ́νη Kerkĭ́nē
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Κερκίνη (Kerkíni)
• → Latin: Cercinē

Further reading

• Κερκίνη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette