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Κίρκη

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: Κίρκη

Structure: Κιρκ (Stem) + η (Ending)

Sense

  1. Circe, Aea

Declension

First declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • ὥστε οὐδὲν δεήσομαι τὸ τῆσ Κίρκησ ἐκεῖνο πρὸσ σὲ εἰπεῖν, τὸ θαῦμὰ μ’ ἔχει ὡσ οὔτι πιὼν τάδε φάρμακ’ ἐθέλχθησ, θελχθήσῃ γάρ, καὶ μὰ Δί’ οὐκ ὄνου κεφαλὴν ἢ συὸσ καρδίαν ἕξεισ, ἀλλ’ ὁ μὲν νόοσ σοι ἐμπεδώτεροσ ἔσται, σὺ δὲ ὑφ’ ἡδονῆσ οὐδὲ ὀλίγον τοῦ κυκεῶνοσ ἄλλῳ μεταδώσεισ πιεῖν. (Lucian, De saltatione, (no name) 85:3)
  • δέ μοι μᾶλλον διαφέρειν ὅσοι Ἕλληνεσ ὄντεσ εἰσ ταύτην ἀφῖχθε τὴν δυστυχίαν νῦν οὖν ἐποιησάμην τῆσ Κίρκησ δέησιν, ὅπωσ τὸν βουλόμενον ὑμῶν ἀναλύσασα καὶ καταστήσασα πάλιν εἰσ τὸ ἀρχαῖον εἶδοσ ἀποπέμψῃ μεθ’ ἡμῶν. (Plutarch, Bruta animalia ratione uti, chapter, section 2 2:1)
  • ὅτι ᾤμην σε τῶν εἰρημένων πρότερον ἐπιλήψεσθαι σὺ δὲ σπεύδεισ ἀκοῦσαι τὸ περὶ τῆσ σωφροσύνησ, ἐπεὶ σωφρονεστάτησ μὲν ἀνὴρ εἶ γυναικόσ, ἀπόδειξιν δὲ σωφροσύνησ αὐτὸσ οἰεί δεδωκέναι, τῶν Κίρκησ ἀφροδισίων περιφρονήσασ. (Plutarch, Bruta animalia ratione uti, chapter, section 5 2:3)
  • Κίρκησ ὠδίνασ ὀδύνασ κυκεὼν ἀπάτασ τε γόουσ τε· (Plutarch, De esu carnium II, section 1 2:1)
  • ἀποκτείνασ δὲ ἅπαντασ ὑπὸ Τηλεγόνου ὕστερον τοῦ ἐκ Κίρκησ μοι γενομένου ἀνῃρέθην, καὶ νῦν εἰμι ἐν τῇ Μακάρων νήσῳ πάνυ μετανοῶν ἐπὶ τῷ καταλιπεῖν τὴν παρὰ σοὶ δίαιταν καὶ τὴν ὑπὸ σοῦ προτεινομένην ἀθανασίαν. (Lucian, Verae Historiae, book 2 35:8)

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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