Ancient Greek

• (4th AD Koine) IPA^(key): /kýθira/

• (10th AD Byzantine) IPA^(key): /cýθira/

• (15th AD Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /cíθiɾa/

Proper noun

Κύθηρα • ‎(Kúthēra) n ‎(genitive Κυθήρων); second declension

1. Kythira (also spelt Cythera, Kythera or Kithira), one of the seven major Ionian Islands, Greece

Inflection

Derived terms

• Κυθήριος ‎(Kuthḗrios)
• Ἀντικύθηρα ‎(Antikúthēra)

Descendants

• Greek: Κύθηρα n pl ‎(Kýthira, “Kythira”)
• Italian: Cerigo
• Latin: Cythera

References

• Κύθηρα in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Κύθηρα in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Κύθηρα 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, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,008

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek (pre-Hellenic) Κύθηρα ‎(Kúthēra)

Noun

Κύθηρα • ‎(Kýthira) n pl

1. Kythira (also Cythera, Kythera or Kithira)

Declension

Synonyms

• Τσιρίγο n ‎(Tsirígo)

External links

• Κύθηρα on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el