Κύθηρα
στάζει γὰρ αὖ μοι φοίνιον τόδ᾽ἐκ βυθοῦ κηκῖον αἷμα → blood oozing from the deep wound, bloody gore drops oozing from the depths of my wound
English (LSJ)
[ῠ], τά, Cythera, mod. Cerigo, Od.9.81, etc.: Κῠθηρόθεν, Adv.
A from Cythera, Il.15.438: poet. Κῠθέρηθεν (for Κυθη-), Hermesian. 7.69:—Adj. Κῠθήριος, α, ον, Il.10.268, etc.; ἡ Κυθηρία (sc. γῆ) X.HG4.8.7.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
Κύθηρα: ῠ, τά, νῆσος, τὰ νῦν Κύθηρα καὶ «Τσερίγο», κατὰ τὴν νότιον ἄκραν τῆς Λακωνικῆς, Ὅμ.· πρβλ. Κυθέρεια· ― Κυθηρόθεν, Ἐπίρρ., ἐκ Κυθήρων, Ἰλ. Ο. 438· ποιητ. Κυθέρηθεν (ἀντὶ Κυθη-), Ἑρμησιάναξ 69· ― ἐπίθετ. Κυθήριος, α, ον, Ἰλ., κτλ.· ἡ Κυθηρία (δηλ. γῆ), Ξεν. Ἑλλ. 4. 8, 7.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ων (τά) :
Cythère, île et ville de Laconie.
Étymologie: Babiniotis : topon. préhell.
English (Autenrieth)
pl.: Cythēra, an island off the coast of Laconia, S.W. of the promontory of Malēa, where the worship of Aphrodite had been introduced by an early Phoenician colony, Od. 9.81, Il. 15.432. —Κυθηρόθεν, from Cythēra, Il. 15.538. —Adj. Κυθήριος, of Cythēra, Il. 10.268, Il. 15.431.
