Circe

Borrowed from Latin Circē.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɜɹsi/

Circe

1. (Greek mythology) An enchantress who turned Odysseus' men into pigs.
2. A woman having the characteristics of Circe; an enchantress.
   • 1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, OCLC 1167497017:

     Here is a nice state of affairs. I, at my age, to fall a victim to this modern Circe!

3. (astronomy) 34 Circe, a main belt asteroid.

• (astronomy): 34 Circe, ㉞

• Circean

• cerci, ceric

Borrowed from Latin Circē.

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃir.t͡ʃe/
• Rhymes: -irtʃe
• Hyphenation: Cìr‧ce

Circe f

1. (Greek mythology) Circe

• ricce

• Circā

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Κίρκη (Kírkē).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkir.keː/, [ˈkɪrkeː]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃir.t͡ʃe/, [ˈt͡ʃirt͡ʃe]

Circē f sg (genitive Circēs); first declension

1. Circe, a name, particularly the sorceress who appears in Homer's Odyssey.

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

• → Catalan: Circe
• → English: Circe
• → French: Circé
• → Italian: Circe
• → Sicilian: Circi
• → Spanish: Circe

Borrowed from Latin Circē.

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /ˈθiɾθe/ [ˈθiɾ.θe]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /ˈsiɾse/ [ˈsiɾ.se]
• (Spain) Rhymes: -iɾθe
• (Latin America) Rhymes: -iɾse
• Syllabification: Cir‧ce

Circe f

1. (Greek mythology) Circe