μυρσίνη

See also: Μυρσίνη

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• μυρρίνη (murrhínē) — Attic

Etymology

From μύρτος (múrtos, “myrtle”), with a change of consonant μυρτ-/μυρσ-.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /myr.sí.nɛː/ → /myrˈsi.ni/ → /mirˈsi.ni/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /myr.sí.nɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /myrˈsi.ne̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /myrˈsi.ni/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /myrˈsi.ni/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /mirˈsi.ni/

Noun

μῠρσῐ́νη • (mŭrsĭ́nē) f (genitive μῠρσῐ́νης); first declension

1. myrtle (Myrtus communis)

   Synonym: μύρτος (múrtos)

2. wreath or branch of myrtle

Inflection

First declension of ἡ μῠρσῐ́νη; τῆς μῠρσῐ́νης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ μῠρσῐ́νη hē mŭrsĭ́nē	τὼ μῠρσῐ́νᾱ tṑ mŭrsĭ́nā	αἱ μῠρσῐ́ναι hai mŭrsĭ́nai
Genitive	τῆς μῠρσῐ́νης tês mŭrsĭ́nēs	τοῖν μῠρσῐ́ναιν toîn mŭrsĭ́nain	τῶν μῠρσῐνῶν tôn mŭrsĭnôn
Dative	τῇ μῠρσῐ́νῃ têi mŭrsĭ́nēi	τοῖν μῠρσῐ́ναιν toîn mŭrsĭ́nain	ταῖς μῠρσῐ́ναις taîs mŭrsĭ́nais
Accusative	τὴν μῠρσῐ́νην tḕn mŭrsĭ́nēn	τὼ μῠρσῐ́νᾱ tṑ mŭrsĭ́nā	τᾱ̀ς μῠρσῐ́νᾱς tā̀s mŭrsĭ́nās
Vocative	μῠρσῐ́νη mŭrsĭ́nē	μῠρσῐ́νᾱ mŭrsĭ́nā	μῠρσῐ́ναι mŭrsĭ́nai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• κεντρομυρσίνη (kentromursínē)
• μυρσινᾶτον (mursinâton)
• μυρσινέλαιον (mursinélaion)
• μυρσίνινος (mursíninos)
• μυρσινίτης (mursinítēs)
• μυρσινοειδής (mursinoeidḗs)
• μυρσινών (mursinṓn)
• ὀξυμυρσίνη (oxumursínē)
• χαμαιμυρσίνη (khamaimursínē)

Descendants

• Greek: μυρσίνη (myrsíni)
• → Arabic: مَرْسِين (marsīn)
  • → Ottoman Turkish: مرسین (mersin)
    • Turkish: mersin
    • → Azerbaijani: mərsin
  • → Persian: میرسین (mirsin)
• → Old Georgian: მჳრსინი (mwirsini)
• → Translingual: Myrsine

Further reading

• “μυρσίνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “μυρσίνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• μυρσίνη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette

Greek

Etymology

Inherited from Ancient Greek μυρσίνη (mursínē).

Noun

μυρσίνη • (myrsíni) f (plural μυρσίνες)

1. myrtle

Declension

Declension of μυρσίνη

	singular	plural
nominative	μυρσίνη (myrsíni)	μυρσίνες (myrsínes)
genitive	μυρσίνης (myrsínis)	μυρσινών (myrsinón)
accusative	μυρσίνη (myrsíni)	μυρσίνες (myrsínes)
vocative	μυρσίνη (myrsíni)	μυρσίνες (myrsínes)

Synonyms

• μυρτιά f (myrtiá)