Eurydice

Translingual

Etymology

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Proper noun

Eurydice f

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Cirolanidae.

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English

Etymology

From Latin Eurydice, from Ancient Greek Εὐρυδίκη (Eurudíkē).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jʊˈɹɪdɨsi/

Proper noun

Eurydice

  1. (Greek mythology) A nymph and the wife of Orpheus.
  2. (Greek mythology) The name of various figures in Greek mythology.
  3. (astronomy) 75 Eurydike, a main belt asteroid.

Translations


Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Εὐρυδίκη (Eurudíkē).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /eu̯ˈry.di.keː/, [eu̯ˈrʏ.dɪ.keː]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /eu̯ˈri.di.t͡ʃe/, [eu̯ˈriː.di.t͡ʃe]

Proper noun

Eurydicē f (genitive Eurydicēs); first declension

  1. A female given name.

Declension

First declension, Greek type.

Case Singular
Nominative Eurydicē
Genitive Eurydicēs
Dative Eurydicae
Accusative Eurydicēn
Ablative Eurydicē
Vocative Eurydicē

References

  • Eurydice in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Eurydice in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Portuguese

Proper noun

Eurydice f

  1. Obsolete spelling of Eurídice (used in Portugal until September 1911 and died out in Brazil during the 1920s).
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