Τερψιχόρα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Τερψῐχόρη (Terpsĭkhórē)

Etymology

From τέρψῐς (térpsĭs, “enjoyment”) +‎ χορός (khorós, “dance”) +‎ -ᾱ (-ā).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /terp.si.kʰó.raː/ → /terp.siˈxo.ra/ → /terp.siˈxo.ra/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /terp.si.kʰó.raː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /terp.siˈkʰo.ra/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /terp.siˈxo.ra/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /terp.siˈxo.ra/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /terp.siˈxo.ra/

Proper noun

Τερψῐχόρᾱ • (Terpsĭkhórā) f (genitive Τερψῐχόρᾱς); first declension

1. Terpsichore

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Τερψῐχόρᾱ; τῆς Τερψῐχόρᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Τερψῐχόρᾱ hē Terpsĭkhórā
Genitive	τῆς Τερψῐχόρᾱς tês Terpsĭkhórās
Dative	τῇ Τερψῐχόρᾳ têi Terpsĭkhórāi
Accusative	τὴν Τερψῐχόρᾱν tḕn Terpsĭkhórān
Vocative	Τερψῐχόρᾱ Terpsĭkhórā
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Τερψιχόρα (Terpsichóra)
• → Latin: Terpsichora

Further reading

• “Τερψιχόρα”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,027
• Τερψιχόρα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette