Μυκῆναι

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Μυκήνη (Mukḗnē)

Etymology

Probably of Pre-Greek origin.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /my.kɛ̂ː.nai̯/ → /myˈci.nɛ/ → /miˈci.ne/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /my.kɛ̂ː.nai̯/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /myˈke̝.nɛ/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /myˈci.nɛ/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /myˈci.ne/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /miˈci.ne/

Proper noun

Μῠκῆναι • (Mukênai) f pl (genitive Μῠκηνῶν); first declension

1. Mycenae

Inflection

First declension of αἱ Μῠκῆναι; τῶν Μῠκηνῶν (Attic)

Case / #	Plural
Nominative	αἱ Μῠκῆναι hai Mukênai
Genitive	τῶν Μῠκηνῶν tôn Mukēnôn
Dative	ταῖς Μῠκήναις taîs Mukḗnais
Accusative	τᾱ̀ς Μῠκήνᾱς tā̀s Mukḗnās
Vocative	Μῠκῆναι Mukênai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Μῠκηναῖος (Mukēnaîos)
• Μῠκηνῐ́ς (Mukēnís)

Descendants

• Greek: Μυκήνες (Mykínes)
• Latin: Mycēnae, Mycēna, Mycēnē
  • Italian: Micene
  • English: Mycenae
• Russian: Мике́ны (Mikény)

Further reading

• “Μυκῆναι”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,017