Eurydice

Translingual

Etymology

From Latin Eurydice, 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 Eurydice, 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

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /eu̯ˈry.di.keː/, [ɛu̯ˈrʏd̪ɪkeː]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /eu̯ˈri.di.t͡ʃe/, [eu̯ˈriːd̪it͡ʃe]

Proper noun

Eurydicē f sg (genitive Eurydicēs); first declension

  1. a female given name

Declension

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

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

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. Obsolete spelling of Eurídice (used in Portugal until September 1911 and in Brazil until the 1940s).
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