Κέρκυρα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms
  • Κόρκῡρᾰ (Kórkūra)

Etymology

From the name of the nymph Corcyra in Greek mythology, or Cercyra in the Doric dialect, daughter of Asopos and the river nymph Metope.

Pronunciation
 

Proper noun

Κέρκῡρᾰ • (Kérkūra) f (genitive Κερκῡ́ρᾱς); first declension

  1. Corcyra; Corfu, Ionian Islands, Greece

Inflection
First declension of ἡ Κέρκῡρᾰ; τῆς Κερκῡ́ρᾱς (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ἡ Κέρκῡρᾰ
hē Kérkūra
Genitive τῆς Κερκῡ́ρᾱς
tês Kerkū́rās
Dative τῇ Κερκῡ́ρᾳ
têi Kerkū́rāi
Accusative τὴν Κέρκῡρᾰν
tḕn Kérkūran
Vocative Κέρκῡρᾰ
Kérkūra
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

References
  • “Κέρκυρα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “Κέρκυρα”, 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

Greek

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈcercira/
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: Κέρ‧κυ‧ρα

Proper noun

Κέρκυρα • (Kérkyra) f

  1. Corfu (an island in Greece)
  2. Corfu (a city in Greece)

Usage notes

Genitive singular: also learned type Ancient Greek Κερκύρας (Kerkúras) used for names of streets and the type of butter:

βούτυρο Κερκύρας ― voútyro Kerkýras ― Kerkyra butter.

Declension
  Κέρκυρα
case     \     number singular
nominative Κέρκυρα •
genitive Κέρκυρας •
accusative Κέρκυρα •
vocative Κέρκυρα •

Derived terms
  • Κερκυραίος m or f (Kerkyraíos, “Corfiot”)
  • Κερκυραία m (Kerkyraía, “Corfiot”)
  • κερκυραϊκός (kerkyraïkós, “Corfiot”)
  • κερκυραίικος (kerkyraíikos, “Corfiot”)

Further reading
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