Κύθηρα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ký.tʰɛː.ra/ → /ˈcy.θi.ra/ → /ˈci.θi.ra/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ký.tʰɛː.ra/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈky.tʰe̝.ra/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈcy.θi.ra/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈcy.θi.ra/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈci.θi.ra/

Proper noun

Κῠ́θηρᾰ • (Kúthēra) 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 tà Kúthēra
Genitive	τῶν Κῠθήρων tôn Kuthḗrōn
Dative	τοῖς Κῠθήροις toîs Kuthḗrois
Accusative	τᾰ̀ Κῠ́θηρᾰ tà Kúthēra
Vocative	Κῠ́θηρᾰ Kúthēra
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Κῠθήρῐος (Kuthḗrios)
• Κῠθέρηθεν (Kuthérēthen)
• Ᾰ̓ντῐκῠ́θηρᾰ (Antikúthēra)

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

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

Synonyms

• Τσιρίγο n (Tsirígo)

Further reading

• Κύθηρα on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el