ἀλσίνη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἄλσος (álsos, “grove”), with a suffix found in other plant names like βαλσαμίνη (balsamínē) and μυρσίνη (mursínē).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /al.sí.nɛː/ → /alˈsi.ni/ → /alˈsi.ni/

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

Noun

ἀλσῐ́νη • (alsĭ́nē) f (genitive ἀλσῐ́νης); first declension

1. lichwort (Parietaria lusitanica)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ἀλσῐ́νη; τῆς ἀλσῐ́νης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἀλσῐ́νη hē alsĭ́nē	τὼ ἀλσῐ́νᾱ tṑ alsĭ́nā	αἱ ἀλσῐ́ναι hai alsĭ́nai
Genitive	τῆς ἀλσῐ́νης tês alsĭ́nēs	τοῖν ἀλσῐ́ναιν toîn alsĭ́nain	τῶν ἀλσῐνῶν tôn alsĭnôn
Dative	τῇ ἀλσῐ́νῃ têi alsĭ́nēi	τοῖν ἀλσῐ́ναιν toîn alsĭ́nain	ταῖς ἀλσῐ́ναις taîs alsĭ́nais
Accusative	τὴν ἀλσῐ́νην tḕn alsĭ́nēn	τὼ ἀλσῐ́νᾱ tṑ alsĭ́nā	τᾱ̀ς ἀλσῐ́νᾱς tā̀s alsĭ́nās
Vocative	ἀλσῐ́νη alsĭ́nē	ἀλσῐ́νᾱ alsĭ́nā	ἀλσῐ́ναι alsĭ́nai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Translingual: Alsine

Further reading

• “ἀλσίνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἀλσίνη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀλσίνη in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)