Nausicaa
English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Latin Nausicaa, from Ancient Greek Ναυσικάα (Nausikáa).
Pronunciation
edit- (General American) IPA(key): /nɔːˈsɪkiə/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /nɔːˈsɪkɪə/
- conservatively IPA(key): /nɔːˈsɪkeɪə/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ɪkiə, -ɪkɪə, -ɪkeɪə
Proper noun
editNausicaa
- (Greek mythology) A princess who aids Odysseus.
- 1904–1906, Joseph Conrad, chapter XXXIX, in The Mirror of the Sea, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y., London: Harper & Brothers, published October 1906, →OCLC:
- But no catastrophe occurred. I lived to watch on a strange shore a black and youthful Nausicaa, with a joyous train of attendant maidens, carrying baskets of linen to a clear stream overhung by the heads of slender palm-trees.
- (rare) A female given name from Ancient Greek
Translations
editFrench
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editNausicaa f
Italian
editEtymology
editFrom Ancient Greek Ναυσικάα (Nausikáa).
Proper noun
editNausicaa f
- (Greek mythology) Nausicaa
- a female given name
Latin
editAlternative forms
edit- Nausicaē, Nausicaä
Etymology
editBorrowed from Ancient Greek Ναυσικάᾱ (Nausikáā).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /nau̯ˈsi.ka.a/, [näu̯ˈs̠ɪkäː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /nau̯ˈsi.ka.a/, [näu̯ˈsiːkäː]
Proper noun
editNausicaa f sg (genitive Nausicaae); first declension
Declension
editFirst-declension noun, singular only.
Case | Singular |
---|---|
Nominative | Nausicaa Nausicaā |
Genitive | Nausicaae |
Dative | Nausicaae |
Accusative | Nausicaam Nausicaān |
Ablative | Nausicaā |
Vocative | Nausicaa Nausicaā |
References
edit- “Nausicaa”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Nausicaa in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Nausicaa”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
Portuguese
editProper noun
editNausicaa f
- Alternative spelling of Nausícaa
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