Θήρα

See also: θήρα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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Pronunciation
 

Proper noun

Θήρᾱ • (Thḗrā) f (genitive Θήρᾱς); first declension

  1. Thira, Santorini (an island in the Cyclades, Greece)

Inflection
First declension of ἡ Θήρᾱ; τῆς Θήρᾱς (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ἡ Θήρᾱ
hē Thḗrā
Genitive τῆς Θήρᾱς
tês Thḗrās
Dative τῇ Θήρᾳ
têi Thḗrāi
Accusative τὴν Θήρᾱν
tḕn Thḗrān
Vocative Θήρᾱ
Thḗrā
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants
  • Greek: Θήρα (Thíra)
  • → Latin: Thēra

References
  • “Θήρα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “Θήρα”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,027

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Θήρᾱ (Thḗrā).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈθiɾa/
  • Hyphenation: Θή‧ρα

Proper noun

Θήρα • (Thíra) f

  1. Thira, Santorini (an island in the Cyclades, Greece)
    Synonym: Σαντορίνη (Santoríni)

Declension
  Θήρα
case     \     number singular
nominative Θήρα •
genitive Θήρας •
accusative Θήρα •
vocative Θήρα •

Derived terms
  • Θηραίος m (Thiraíos, “male from Thira”)
  • Θηραία f (Thiraía, “female from Thira”)
  • θηραϊκός (thiraïkós, adjective)

Further reading
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