Pyrrha
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Ancient Greek Πύρρα (Púrrha).
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Pyrrha
Translations[edit]
Translations
Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Ancient Greek Πύρρα (Púrrha).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpyr.ra/, [ˈpʏrːä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈpir.ra/, [ˈpirːä]
Proper noun[edit]
Pyrrha f sg (genitive Pyrrhae); first declension
- (Greek mythology) wife of Deucalion
- A town in the island of Lesbos, in modern Greece
- A promontory in Thessaly, in modern Greece
Declension[edit]
First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.
Case | Singular |
---|---|
Nominative | Pyrrha |
Genitive | Pyrrhae |
Dative | Pyrrhae |
Accusative | Pyrrham |
Ablative | Pyrrhā |
Vocative | Pyrrha |
Locative | Pyrrhae |
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- “Pyrrha”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Pyrrha in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Pyrrha”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
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