English

Proper noun

Eurydice

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

Translations

Latin

Etymology

Borrowing 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.

References

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