Euryclea

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Euryclēa, from Ancient Greek Εὐρύκλειᾰ (Eurúkleiă).

Proper noun

Euryclea

  1. (Greek mythology) The daughter of Ops, granddaughter of Peisenor, and wet-nurse of Odysseus.

Translations

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Εὐρύκλειᾰ (Eurúkleiă).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Euryclēa f sg (genitive Euryclēae); first declension

  1. (Greek mythology) Euryclea (the daughter of Ops, granddaughter of Peisenor, and wet-nurse of Odysseus)
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Cicero to this entry?)

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

singular
nominative Euryclēa
genitive Euryclēae
dative Euryclēae
accusative Euryclēam
ablative Euryclēā
vocative Euryclēa

Descendants

  • English: Euryclea
  • French: Euryclée
  • Italian: Euriclea

References

  • Euryclēa, (-clīa)”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 607/3.

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