"Ἠλέκτρα" meaning in Ancient Greek

See Ἠλέκτρα in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /ɛː.lék.traː/, /iˈlek.tra/, /iˈlek.tra/, /ɛː.lék.traː/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /e̝ˈlek.tra/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /iˈlek.tra/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /iˈlek.tra/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /iˈlek.tra/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: From ἤλεκτρον (ḗlektron, “amber”) + -ᾱ (-ā). Etymology templates: {{af|grc|ἤλεκτρον|-ᾱ|t1=amber}} ἤλεκτρον (ḗlektron, “amber”) + -ᾱ (-ā) Head templates: {{grc-proper noun|Ἠλέκτρᾱς|f|first|head=Ἠλέκτρᾱ}} Ἠλέκτρᾱ • (Ēléktrā) f (genitive Ἠλέκτρᾱς); first declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|Ἠλέκτρᾱ|ᾱς|form=sing}} Forms: Ἠλέκτρᾱ [canonical], Ēléktrā [romanization], Ἠλέκτρᾱς [genitive], Attic declension-1 [table-tags], ἡ Ἠλέκτρᾱ [nominative, singular], τῆς Ἠλέκτρᾱς [genitive, singular], τῇ Ἠλέκτρᾳ [dative, singular], τὴν Ἠλέκτρᾱν [accusative, singular], Ἠλέκτρᾱ [singular, vocative]
  1. a female given name, equivalent to English Electra Wikipedia link: Electra
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