Pyrrha

From Ancient Greek Πύρρα (Púrrha).

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɪrə/, [ˈpʰɪɹ̠ə]

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Pyrrha

1. (Greek mythology) The wife of Deucalion.

From Ancient Greek Πύρρα (Púrrha).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈpyr.rʰa]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈpir.ra]

Pyrrha f sg (genitive Pyrrhae); first declension

1. (Greek mythology) wife of Deucalion
2. a town in the island of Lesbos, in modern Greece
3. a promontory in Thessaly, in modern Greece

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

• Pyrrhaeus
• Pyrrhias

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