Πολυξένη
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Ancient Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From πολῠ́ξενος (polúxenos, “entertaining many guests”) + -η (-ē), from πολῠ- (polu-, “many”) + ξένος (xénos, “guest; stranger”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /po.lyk.sé.nɛː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /po.lykˈse.ne̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /po.lykˈse.ni/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /po.lykˈse.ni/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /po.likˈse.ni/
Proper noun
[edit]Πολῠξένη • (Poluxénē) f (genitive Πολῠξένης); first declension
- a female given name: Polyxena
Inflection
[edit]Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ Πολῠξένη hē Poluxénē | ||||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς Πολῠξένης tês Poluxénēs | ||||||||||||
Dative | τῇ Πολῠξένῃ têi Poluxénēi | ||||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν Πολῠξένην tḕn Poluxénēn | ||||||||||||
Vocative | Πολῠξένη Poluxénē | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,023
Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Ancient Greek Πολυξένη (Poluxénē).
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Πολυξένη • (Polyxéni) f (plural Πολυξένες)
- a female given name
- in the singular:
- Polyxena, daughter of King Priam.
- A saint whose feast day in the Greek Orthodox tradition is 23 September.
Declension
[edit]singular | plural | |
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nominative | Πολυξένη (Polyxéni) | Πολυξένες (Polyxénes) |
genitive | Πολυξένης (Polyxénis) | - |
accusative | Πολυξένη (Polyxéni) | Πολυξένες (Polyxénes) |
vocative | Πολυξένη (Polyxéni) | Πολυξένες (Polyxénes) |
Related terms
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- Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -η
- Ancient Greek 4-syllable words
- Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation
- Ancient Greek lemmas
- Ancient Greek proper nouns
- Ancient Greek paroxytone terms
- Ancient Greek feminine proper nouns
- Ancient Greek first-declension proper nouns
- Ancient Greek feminine proper nouns in the first declension
- Ancient Greek feminine nouns
- Ancient Greek given names
- Ancient Greek female given names
- Greek terms inherited from Ancient Greek
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- Greek nouns declining like 'μετριοφροσύνη'
- Greek nouns lacking a genitive plural