Pyrrha

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Πύρρα (Púrrha).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɪrə/, [ˈpʰɪɹ̠ə]

Proper noun

Pyrrha

1. (Greek mythology) The wife of Deucalion.

Translations

Translations

• Catalan: Pirra f
• French: Pyrrha (fr) f
• Galician: Pirra f
• Greek: Πύρρα (el) f (Pýrra)
• Italian: Pirra f
• Portuguese: Pirra f
• Russian: Пи́рра f (Pírra)
• Spanish: Pirra (es) f

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Πύρρα (Púrrha).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈpyr.ra/, [ˈpʏrːä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpir.ra/, [ˈpirːä]

Proper noun

Pyrrha f sg (genitive Pyrrhae); first declension

1. (Greek mythology) wife of Deucalion
2. A town in the island of Lesbos, in modern Greece
3. A promontory in Thessaly, in modern Greece

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Pyrrha
genitive	Pyrrhae
dative	Pyrrhae
accusative	Pyrrham
ablative	Pyrrhā
vocative	Pyrrha
locative	Pyrrhae

Derived terms

• Pyrrhaeus
• Pyrrhias

References

• “Pyrrha”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Pyrrha in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Pyrrha”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly