Eurydice

Translingual

Etymology

From Latin Eurydicē, from Ancient Greek Εὐρυδίκη (Eurudíkē).

Proper noun

Eurydice f

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Cirolanidae.

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References

English

Etymology

From Latin Eurydicē, from Ancient Greek Εὐρυδίκη (Eurudíkē).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jʊˈɹɪdɪsi/

Proper noun

Eurydice

  1. (Greek mythology) A nymph and the wife of Orpheus.
  2. (Greek mythology) The name of various figures in Greek mythology.
  3. (astronomy) 75 Eurydike, a main belt asteroid.
  4. (rare) A female given name
    • 2019, Clementine Ford, Boys Will Be Boys:
      That same week, a twenty-two-year-old comedian named Eurydice Dixon was raped and murdered as she walked home after work.

Translations

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Εὐρυδίκη (Eurudíkē).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Eurydicē f sg (genitive Eurydicēs); first declension

  1. a female given name from Ancient Greek

Declension

First-declension noun (Greek-type), singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Eurydicē
Genitive Eurydicēs
Dative Eurydicae
Accusative Eurydicēn
Ablative Eurydicē
Vocative Eurydicē

Descendants

  • English: Eurydice
  • Italian: Euridice
  • Portuguese: Eurídice
  • Spanish: Eurídice

References

  • Eurydice”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Eurydice in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese

Proper noun

Eurydice f

  1. Pre-reform spelling (until Brazil 1943/Portugal 1911) of Eurídice.
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