Ithaca

English

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Ithaca

Wikipedia

Alternative forms

• Ithaka

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἰθάκα (Itháka), Doric form of Ἰθάκη (Ithákē).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɪθəkə/

Proper noun

Ithaca

1. An island of the Ionian Sea, Greece; according to the legend Odysseus was its king.

   Coordinate terms: Cephalonia, Corfu, Kythira, Lefkada, Paxos, Zakynthos

2. A community in Georgia, United States.
3. A city, the county seat of Gratiot County, Michigan.
4. A village in Nebraska.
5. A city, the county seat of Tompkins County, New York.
6. A town in Tompkins County, New York, surrounding the city of the same name.
7. A village in Ohio.
8. A town in Wisconsin.

Derived terms

• Ithacan

Translations

island

Armenian: Իթակե (hy) (Itʻake) Catalan: Ítaca f French: Ithaque (fr) f Galician: Ítaca f German: Ithaka (de) n Greek: Ιθάκη (el) f (Itháki) Ancient: Ἰθάκη f (Ithákē) Irish: Iotaca f Italian: Itaca f Polish: Itaka (pl) f Portuguese: Ítaca (pt) f Russian: Итака (ru) (Itaka) Spanish: Ítaca (es) f

Anagrams

• Cahita

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἰθάκη (Ithákē).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈɪ.tʰa.ka]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈiː.t̪a.ka]

Proper noun

Ithaca f sg (genitive Ithacae); first declension

1. Ithaca

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Ithaca
genitive	Ithacae
dative	Ithacae
accusative	Ithacam
ablative	Ithacā
vocative	Ithaca

Related terms

• Ithacensis
• Ithacēsius
• Ithacus

References

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