Pyrrha

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Πύρρα (Púrrha).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɪrə/, [ˈpʰɪɹ̠ə]

Proper noun

Pyrrha

  1. (Greek mythology) The wife of Deucalion.

Translations

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Πύρρα (Púrrha).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Pyrrha f sg (genitive Pyrrhae); first declension

  1. (Greek mythology) wife of Deucalion
  2. A town in the island of Lesbos, in modern Greece
  3. A promontory in Thessaly, in modern Greece

Declension

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

  • Pyrrhaeus
  • Pyrrhias

References

  • 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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