Αἰκατερίνη
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Often said to be from Ἑκάτη (Hekátē, “Hecate”), though the OFD finds this unconvincing. Or, from ἑκάτερος (hekáteros, “each of the two”).[1]
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ai̯.ka.te.rǐː.nɛː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ɛ.ka.tɛˈri.ne/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ɛ.ka.teˈri.ni/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /e.ka.teˈri.ni/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /e.ka.teˈri.ni/
Proper noun
Αἰκατερῑ́νη • (Aikaterī́nē) f (genitive Αἰκατερίνης); first declension
- A female given name, equivalent to English Catherine or Katharine.
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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| Nominative | ἡ Αἰκατερῑ́νη hē Aikaterī́nē | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς Αἰκατερῑ́νης tês Aikaterī́nēs | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ Αἰκατερῑ́νῃ têi Aikaterī́nēi | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν Αἰκατερῑ́νην tḕn Aikaterī́nēn | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Αἰκατερῑ́νη Aikaterī́nē | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
- Albanian: Katrina
- Bulgarian: Екатерина (Ekaterina)
- Czech: Kateřina
- Danish: Katharina, Karen
- Dutch: Katrijn, Catharina
- English: Catherine, Katherine, Caitlin, Katrina, Kathleen, Karen
- Estonian: Katariina
- Finnish: Katariina
- French: Catherine
- German: Katharina
- Greek: Αικατερίνη (Aikateríni), Κατερίνα (Katerína)
- Hungarian: Katarina
- Icelandic: Katrín
- Irish: Caitlín, Caitríona
- Italian: Caterina
- Korean: 카타리나 (katarina)
- Latin: Catharina (The Latin loan and its descendants are derived from a portmanteau of Αἰκατερίνη and καθαρός (katharós) ("pure"). Later adaptations of this form may have respelt the second /a/ as /e/, probably as a natural mutation but also probably as a restoration of the Greek ε. Hybrid forms may have come into existence under influence from both the Greek and Latin forms.)
- Latvian: Katrīna, Katarīna, Kate
- Low German: Trine
- Maltese: Katarina
- Polish: Katarzyna
- Portuguese: Catarina
- Romanian: Ecaterina
- Russian: Екатери́на (Jekaterína)
- Serbo-Croatian: Катарина, Katarina
- Slovak: Katarína
- Slovene: Katarina
- Spanish: Catalina
- Swedish: Katarina
- Turkish: Katerina, Ekaterina
- Ukrainian: Катерина (Kateryna)
- Venetian: Catarina
- Welsh: Catrin
- Westrobothnian: Kata, Kåta
References
- Patrick Hanks and Kate Hardcastle, eds., Oxford Dictionary of First Names, 2nd ed. (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006), 154.
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