Κλυταιμνήστρα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From earlier Κλῠταιμήστρᾱ (Klutaimḗstrā), perhaps from κλῠτός (klutós, “celebrated”) +‎ μήδομαι (mḗdomai, “to plan, be cunning”). Often mistakenly glossed as "famed for her suitors", based on the unrelated word μνάομαι (mnáomai, “to woo, court”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kly.tai̯m.nɛ̌ːs.traː/ → /kly.tɛmˈnis.tra/ → /kli.temˈnis.tra/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kly.tai̯m.nɛ̌ːs.traː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kly.tɛmˈne̝s.tra/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /kly.tɛmˈnis.tra/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /kly.temˈnis.tra/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /kli.temˈnis.tra/

Proper noun

Κλῠταιμνήστρᾱ • (Klutaimnḗstrā) f (genitive Κλῠταιμνήστρᾱς); first declension

1. a female given name: Clytemnestra

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Κλῠταιμνήστρᾱ; τῆς Κλῠταιμνήστρᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Κλῠταιμνήστρᾱ hē Klutaimnḗstrā
Genitive	τῆς Κλῠταιμνήστρᾱς tês Klutaimnḗstrās
Dative	τῇ Κλῠταιμνήστρᾳ têi Klutaimnḗstrāi
Accusative	τὴν Κλῠταιμνήστρᾱν tḕn Klutaimnḗstrān
Vocative	Κλῠταιμνήστρᾱ Klutaimnḗstrā
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• English: Clytemnestra, Clytaemnestra
• Greek: Κλυταιμνήστρα (Klytaimnístra)
• Latin: Clytaemnēstra, Clytemnēstra

References

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,006