εὕρηκα

See also: εύρηκα

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hěu̯.rɛː.ka/ → /ˈe.βri.ka/ → /ˈe.vri.ka/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hěu̯.rɛː.ka/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈ(h)ew.re̝.ka/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈe.βri.ka/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈe.vri.ka/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈe.vri.ka/

Verb

εὕρηκᾰ • (heúrēka)

1. first-person singular perfect active indicative of εὑρίσκω (heurískō)

Descendants

• Czech: heuréka
• Danish: heureka
• Dutch: eureka
• English: eureka
• French: eurêka
• German: heureka
• Greek: βρήκα (vríka), εύρηκα (évrika)
• Italian: eureka
• Portuguese: eureca, heureca
• Romanian: evrica
• Russian: э́врика (évrika)
• Spanish: eureka

See also

• An exclamation attributed to Archimedes: "I have found!"