proper noun · femininefirst declension
Pyrrha
Pyrrha f sg (genitive Pyrrhae)
Classical[ˈpyr.rʰa]Ecclesiastical[ˈpir.ra]
Meaning
- Greekfemininesingularwife of Deucalion
- femininesingulara town in the island of Lesbos, in modern Greece
- femininesingulara promontory in Thessaly, in modern Greece
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Pyrrha | — |
| genitive | Pyrrhae | — |
| dative | Pyrrhae | — |
| accusative | Pyrrham | — |
| ablative | Pyrrhā | — |
| vocative | Pyrrha | — |
| locative | Pyrrhae | — |
Pyrrha, ae, and Pyrrhē, ēs, f., = Πύρρα.
I. Daughter of Epimetheus, and wife of Deucalion, Ov. M. 1, 350 sq.; Hor. C. 1, 2, 6; Hyg. Fab. 153; Sen. Troad. 1039. — Hence,
B. Pyrrhaeus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Pyrrha, Pyrrhæan:
saxa, which Pyrrha and Deucalion flung behind them, Stat. Th. 8, 305. — II. The name borne by Achilles when clothed as a girl, Hyg. Fab. 96; Sid. Carm. 9, 138.—
III. A city in Lesbos, with a harbor, now called Caloni, Mel. 2, 7, 4; Plin. 2, 92, 94, § 206; 5, 31, 39, § 139.
Origins
From Ancient Greek Πύρρα (Púrrha).
In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries
GeographyPyrrhaPyrrha (Πύρρα: Eth. Πυρραῖος). 1. A town on the coast of the deep bay on the west of the island of Lesbos, which had so narrow an entrance that it was…GeographyPyrrhaPyrrha (Πύρρα), a promontory of Thessaly, now C. Ankístri, in the Pagasaean gulf, forming the northern boundary of the district Phthiotis, and near wh…