Circe

See also: circe

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Circē.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈsɜː.si/
• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈsɝ.si/

Proper noun

Circe

1. (Greek mythology) An enchantress who turned Odysseus's men into pigs.
2. A woman having the characteristics of Circe; an enchantress.
   • 1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:

     Here is a nice state of affairs. I, at my age, to fall a victim to this modern Circe!

3. (astronomy) 34 Circe, a main belt asteroid.

Synonyms

• (astronomy): 34 Circe, ㉞

Derived terms

• Circean

Translations

enchantress in Greek mythology

• Danish: Kirke
• Estonian: Kirke
• Finnish: Kirke
• French: Circé (fr) f
• German: Kirke (de) f
• Greek: Κίρκη (el) f (Kírki)

  Ancient: Κίρκη f (Kírkē)

• Greenlandic: Kirke
• Hungarian: Kirké
• Inuktitut: ᓯᕐᓯ (sirsi)
• Italian: Circe f
• Latin: Circe f
• Marathi: सर्सी (sarsī), किर्के (kirke)
• Russian: Ки́рка (ru) f (Kírka), Цирце́я (ru) f (Circéja)
• Sicilian: Circi f
• Spanish: Circe f
• Ukrainian: Кі́рка f (Kírka), Цирце́я f (Cyrcéja)

Asteroid

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 巫神星 (Wūshénxīng)

• French: Circé (fr) f
• Marathi: सर्सी (sarsī)
• Sicilian: Circi f

Anagrams

• cerci, ceric

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Circē.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃir.t͡ʃe/
• Rhymes: -irtʃe
• Hyphenation: Cìr‧ce

Proper noun

Circe f

1. (Greek mythology) Circe

Derived terms

• Circeo

 

Anagrams

• ricce

Latin

Alternative forms

• Circā

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Κίρκη (Kírkē).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkir.keː/, [ˈkɪrkeː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃir.t͡ʃe/, [ˈt͡ʃirt͡ʃe]

Proper noun

Circē f sg (genitive Circēs); first declension

1. Circe, a name, particularly the sorceress who appears in Homer's Odyssey.

Declension

First-declension noun (Greek-type), singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Circē
Genitive	Circēs
Dative	Circae
Accusative	Circēn
Ablative	Circē
Vocative	Circē

Derived terms

• Circaeus
• Circēienses
• Circēii

 

 

Descendants

• → Catalan: Circe
• → English: Circe
• → French: Circé
• → Italian: Circe
• → Sicilian: Circi
• → Spanish: Circe

See also

• Aeaea
• Aeetēs
• Ulixēs

 

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Circē.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /ˈθiɾθe/ [ˈθiɾ.θe]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /ˈsiɾse/ [ˈsiɾ.se]
• Rhymes: -iɾθe
• Rhymes: -iɾse
• Syllabification: Cir‧ce

Proper noun

Circe f

1. (Greek mythology) Circe