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Κύρνος

Κύρνος

Ancient Greek

Proper noun

Κύρνος (Kúrnos) f (genitive Κύρνου); second declension

  1. Corsica

Inflection

Derived terms

  • Κύρνιος (Kúrnios)

Descendants

The modern Greek name for Corsica is Κορσική.

References

  • Κύρνος in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Κύρνος in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English-Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,007