Εὐρύκλεια
Ancient Greek
Etymology
A compound of εὐρῠ́ς (eurús, “broad”) + κλέος (kléos, “fame”) + -ια (-ia). Compare Ἀντῐ́κλειᾰ (Antíkleia) and Μεγᾰ́κλειᾰ (Megákleia).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /eu̯.rý.kleː.a/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ewˈry.kli.a/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /eˈβry.kli.a/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /eˈvry.kli.a/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /eˈvri.kli.a/
Proper noun
Εὐρῠ́κλειᾰ • (Eurúkleia) f (genitive Εὐρῠκλείᾱς); first declension
- a female given name
- In particular: Eurycleia (the nurse of Odysseus, and faithful housekeeper in his palace)
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Homer to this entry?)
Inflection
Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ Εὐρῠ́κλειᾰ hē Eurúkleia | ||||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς Εὐρῠκλείᾱς tês Eurukleíās | ||||||||||||
Dative | τῇ Εὐρῠκλείᾳ têi Eurukleíāi | ||||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν Εὐρῠ́κλειᾰν tḕn Eurúkleian | ||||||||||||
Vocative | Εὐρῠ́κλειᾰ Eurúkleia | ||||||||||||
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Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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Nominative | Εὐρῠ́κλειᾰ Eurúkleia | ||||||||||||
Genitive | Εὐρῠκλείης Eurukleíēs | ||||||||||||
Dative | Εὐρῠκλείῃ Eurukleíēi | ||||||||||||
Accusative | Εὐρῠ́κλειᾰν Eurúkleian | ||||||||||||
Vocative | Εὐρῠ́κλειᾰ Eurúkleia | ||||||||||||
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Synonyms
- (Eurycleia): Ἀντιφάτη (Antiphátē)
Descendants
References
- “Εὐρύκλεια”, 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
- «Εὐρύκλεια» in Georg Autenrieth’s Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges (1891)
Further reading
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