Τισιφόνη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From τίσις (tísis, “payment, punishment, vengeance”) +‎ φόνος (phónos, “murder”), literally “avenging murder”.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ti.si.pʰó.nɛː/ → /ti.siˈɸo.ni/ → /ti.siˈfo.ni/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ti.si.pʰó.nɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ti.siˈpʰo.ne̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ti.siˈɸo.ni/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ti.siˈfo.ni/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ti.siˈfo.ni/

Proper noun

Τῐσῐφόνη • (Tisiphónē) f (genitive Τῐσῐφόνης); first declension

1. (Greek mythology, Roman mythology) Tisiphone (one of the Erinyes/Dirae, and a companion of Nemesis/Invidia)

Declension

First declension of ἡ Τῐσῐφόνη; τῆς Τῐσῐφόνης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Τῐσῐφόνη hē Tisiphónē
Genitive	τῆς Τῐσῐφόνης tês Tisiphónēs
Dative	τῇ Τῐσῐφόνῃ têi Tisiphónēi
Accusative	τὴν Τῐσῐφόνην tḕn Tisiphónēn
Vocative	Τῐσῐφόνη Tisiphónē
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Τισιφόνη (Tisifóni)
• Latin: Tisiphone
• → English: Tisiphone
• → French: Tisiphone
• → Italian: Tisifone
• → Portuguese: Tisífone
• → Spanish: Tisífone