Corcyra

English

Etymology

Latin

Proper noun

Corcyra

1. The island of Corfu in ancient times.

Related terms

• Corcyraean

Translations

ancient name of Corfu

• Arabic: كورسيرا f
• Catalan: Corcira f
• French: Corcyre (fr) f
• Greek:

  Ancient Greek: Κόρκυρα (Kórkura)

• Italian: Corcira f
• Japanese: コルキラ (Korukira)
• Latin: Corcyra f
• Occitan: Còrcira f
• Spanish: Córcira f

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Κέρκυρα (Kérkura).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /korˈkyː.ra/, [kɔrˈkyːrä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /korˈt͡ʃi.ra/, [korˈt͡ʃiːrä]

Proper noun

Corcȳra f sg (genitive Corcȳrae); first declension

1. An island in the Ionian Sea, now Corfu

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Corcȳra
Genitive	Corcȳrae
Dative	Corcȳrae
Accusative	Corcȳram
Ablative	Corcȳrā
Vocative	Corcȳra

Related terms

• Corcȳraeus

References

• “Corcyra”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Corcyra in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Corcyra”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly