Κίρκη

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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From κίρκος (kírkos, falcon). Compare Old Norse gýgr (ogress, witch) and Icelandic gýgur (troll-woman, ogress).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Κίρκη (Kírkēf (genitive Κίρκης); first declension

  1. Circe, a name, particularly the sorceress who appears in Homer's Odyssey.

Inflection

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Descendants

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  • Greek: Κίρκη (Kírki)
  • Latin: Circē, Circā

Further reading

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  • Κίρκη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Κίρκη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • Κίρκη”, 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 1,006