Κασμέναι

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Κασμένη (Kasménē) — Attic
• Κασμένᾱ (Kasménā) — Doric

Etymology

Uncertain. The first element could possibly be derived from

• *ḱes- (“to cut”) (whence also Latin castum);
• *ḱens- (“to speak in a florid, solemn style, attest, witness”) (whence Latin carmen, from *kans-men, and Latin Ca(s)mēnae (“goddesses of childbirth, wells and fountains, and also prophetic deities”)). See also Ancient Greek κῶμος (kômos).

The second could derive from

• the feminine equivalent of *ménos (“mind, force”), from *men- (“to think”) (cfr. Ancient Greek Ῑ̓δομένη (Īdoménē));
• the feminine mediopassive participle *m̥h₁n-éh₂ (cfr. Ancient Greek ἐρωμένη (erōménē)).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kaz.mé.nai̯/ → /kazˈme.nɛ/ → /kazˈme.ne/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kaz.mé.nai̯/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kazˈme.nɛ/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /kazˈme.nɛ/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /kazˈme.ne/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /kazˈme.ne/

Proper noun

Κασμέναι • (Kasménai) f (genitive Κασμένῶν); first declension

1. An ancient city and colony in Sicily, founded by Syracusans in 644 BC, located on the Hyblaean Mountains, nearby current Buscemi

Inflection

First declension of αἱ Κασμέναι; τῶν Κασμενῶν (Attic)

Case / #	Plural
Nominative	αἱ Κασμέναι hai Kasménai
Genitive	τῶν Κασμενῶν tôn Kasmenôn
Dative	ταῖς Κασμέναις taîs Kasménais
Accusative	τᾱ̀ς Κασμένᾱς tā̀s Kasménās
Vocative	Κασμέναι Kasménai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Κασμεναῖος (Kasmenaîos)

Descendants

• Latin: Casmenae
  • Italian: Casmene
  • English: Casmenae
  • Sicilian: Càsmini, Casmeni

See also

• Ἄκραι (Ákrai)
• Κιλλύριοι (Killúrioi)
• Γαμόροι (Gamóroi)

References

• Κασμέναι in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette