Ἰθάκη

See also: Ιθάκη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Uncertain origin; first element possibly from a Phoenician 𐤀𐤉 (ʾy /⁠ʾī⁠/, “island”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /i.tʰá.kɛː/ → /iˈθa.ci/ → /iˈθa.ci/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /i.tʰá.kɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /iˈtʰa.ke̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /iˈθa.ci/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /iˈθa.ci/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /iˈθa.ci/

Proper noun

Ῐ̓θᾰ́κη • (Ithákē) f (genitive Ῐ̓θᾰ́κης); first declension

1. Ithaca

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Ῐ̓θᾰ́κη; τῆς Ῐ̓θᾰ́κης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Ῐ̓θᾰ́κη hē Ithákē
Genitive	τῆς Ῐ̓θᾰ́κης tês Ithákēs
Dative	τῇ Ῐ̓θᾰ́κῃ têi Ithákēi
Accusative	τὴν Ῐ̓θᾰ́κην tḕn Ithákēn
Vocative	Ῐ̓θᾰ́κη Ithákē
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Ῐ̓́θᾰκος (Íthakos)
• Ῐ̓θᾰκήσῐος (Ithakḗsios)

Descendants

• English: Ithaca
• French: Ithaque
• Greek: Ιθάκη (Itháki)
• Italian: Itaca
• Latin: Ithaca
• Russian: Итака (Itaka)

Further reading

• “Ἰθάκη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Ἰθάκη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “Ἰθάκη”, 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 1,014