Deianira

From Latin Dēianīra, from Ancient Greek Δῃάνειρα (Dēiáneira, literally “hostile to her husband”).

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌdiːəˈnaɪəɹə/, /ˌdeɪ.əˈnaɪəɹə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌdi.əˈnaɪɹə/, enPR: dē'ə-nīʹrə
• Rhymes: -aɪɹə

Deianira

1. (Greek mythology) The third wife of Heracles.

• Dejanira (now dated)

Borrowed from Latin Dēianīra, from Ancient Greek Δῃάνειρα (Dēiáneira, literally “hostile to her husband”).

• IPA^(key): /de.jaˈni.ra/
• Rhymes: -ira
• Hyphenation: De‧ia‧nì‧ra

Deianira f

1. (Greek mythology) Deianira
2. a female given name

From Ancient Greek Δῃάνειρα (Dēiáneira, literally “hostile to her husband”).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /deː.i̯aˈniː.ra/, [d̪eːi̯äˈniːrä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /de.jaˈni.ra/, [d̪ejäˈniːrä]

Dēianīra f sg (genitive Dēianīrae); first declension

1. (Greek mythology) Deianira

First-declension noun, singular only.

• → English: Deianira
• → French: Déjanire
• → Italian: Deianira, Dejanira

• “Deianira”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
• Deianira in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.