Εὐρυδίκη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From εὐρῠ́ς (eurús, “broad”) +‎ δῐ́κη (díkē, “justice”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /eu̯.ry.dí.kɛː/ → /e.βryˈði.ci/ → /e.vriˈði.ci/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /eu̯.ry.dí.kɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ew.ryˈdi.ke̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /e.βryˈði.ci/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /e.vryˈði.ci/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /e.vriˈði.ci/

Proper noun

Εὐρῠδίκη • (Eurudíkē) f (genitive Εὐρῠδίκης); first declension

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Eurydice

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Εὐρῠδίκη; τῆς Εὐρῠδίκης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Εὐρῠδίκη hē Eurudíkē
Genitive	τῆς Εὐρῠδίκης tês Eurudíkēs
Dative	τῇ Εὐρῠδίκῃ têi Eurudíkēi
Accusative	τὴν Εὐρῠδίκην tḕn Eurudíkēn
Vocative	Εὐρῠδίκη Eurudíkē
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Ευρυδίκη (Evrydíki)
• → Latin: Eurydicē
  • → English: Eurydice
  • → Italian: Euridice
  • → Portuguese: Eurídice
  • → Spanish: Eurídice

References

• “Εὐρυδίκη”, 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 1,010