Circe

circe English 34 + Etymology Borrowed from en la Circē. Pronunciation en /ˈsɜː.si/ RP,AU en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Circe.wav Southern England en /ˈsɝ.si/ GA,CA en ɜː(ɹ)si 2 Proper noun en Q187602 en Greek mythology An enchantress who turned Odysseus's men into pigs. A woman having the characteristics of Circe; an enchantress. Here is a nice state of affairs. I, at my age, to fall a victim to this modern Circe! en astronomy 34 Circe, a main belt asteroid. en chess A chess variant, often used in fairy chess problems, where pieces return to their starting square after being captured. Synonyms astronomy 34 Circe, ㉞ Derived terms en Circean plant of Circe Translations enchantress in Greek mythology Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 喀耳刻 Kē'ěrkè, Kā'ěrkè Danish: da Kirke Estonian: et Kirke Finnish: fi Kirke French: fr Circé f Middle French: frm Circe f German: de Kirke f Greek: el Κίρκη f Ancient Greek: grc Κίρκη f Greenlandic: kl Kirke Hungarian: hu Kirké Inuktitut: iu ᓯᕐᓯ Italian: it Circe f Latin: la Circe f Marathi: mr सर्सी, mr किर्के Russian: ru Ки́рка f, ru Цирце́я f Sicilian: scn Circi f Spanish: es Circe f Ukrainian: uk Кі́рка f, uk Цирце́я f Asteroid Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 巫神星 French: fr Circé f Marathi: mr सर्सी Sicilian: scn Circi f Anagrams en cceir cerci ceric en Asteroids Italian it: Etymology it :lbor la:Circē it la Circē. Pronunciation Cìrce Proper noun f it Greek mythology en Circe Derived terms it Circeo Anagrams it cceir ricce Latin Alternative forms la Circā Etymology la Circē :bor grc:Κίρκη + 1 Pronunciation Circē Proper noun Circē<1> Circe, a name, particularly the sorceress who appears in Homer's Odyssey. Declension Circē<1> Derived terms la Circēii Circaeus Circēienses Related terms la Descendants ca Circe 1 en Circe 1 it Circe 1 frm Circe 1 scn Circi 1 es Circe 1 See also la Aeetēs Ulixēs Aeaea Middle French Etymology From frm la Circē, la Circa, from frm grc Κίρκη. Proper noun f en Circe frm 1570 Saint Augustin de la Cité de Dieu https://books.google.com/books?id=CPmT9zxpMBgC&pg=RA3-PA176 176 (misnumbered as 168) Circe entendoit fort bien la vertu des herbes, & inuenta les breuuages pour faire aymer, & fut mariee à Scythe Roy des Sarmates, quelle fiſt mourir de poiſon : & pour ceſte cauſe eſtant chaſſee des citoyens, elle ſ’en fuyt en ie ne ſçay quelle Iſle de l’Oceã toute deſerte : ou (comme aucuns eſcriuent) en vn promontoire qu’on appelle de ſon nom Circee. Il y a d’aucũs qui penſent que Circee ſoit vn Iſle, mais c’eſt vn promontoire formé à la mode d’vne Iſle, comme dit Strabon. Related terms frm Circee Descendants fr Circé Spanish es: Etymology es :lbor la:Circē + 1 Pronunciation Proper noun f es Greek mythology en Circe es Greek deities