Ἀλκμήνη

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Ἀλκμᾱ́νᾱ (Alkmā́nā), Ἀλκμήνᾱ (Alkmḗnā) — Doric

Etymology

From ἀλκή (alkḗ, “strength”) +‎ μήνη (mḗnē, “moon”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /alk.mɛ̌ː.nɛː/ → /alkˈmi.ni/ → /alkˈmi.ni/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /alk.mɛ̌ː.nɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /alkˈme̝.ne̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /alkˈmi.ni/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /alkˈmi.ni/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /alkˈmi.ni/

Proper noun

Ἀλκμήνη • (Alkmḗnē) f (genitive Ἀλκμήνης); first declension

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Alcmene

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Ἀλκμήνη; τῆς Ἀλκμήνης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Ἀλκμήνη hē Alkmḗnē
Genitive	τῆς Ἀλκμήνης tês Alkmḗnēs
Dative	τῇ Ἀλκμήνῃ têi Alkmḗnēi
Accusative	τὴν Ἀλκμήνην tḕn Alkmḗnēn
Vocative	Ἀλκμήνη Alkmḗnē
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Αλκμήνη (Alkmíni)
• → Latin: Alcmēnē, Alcmēna
• → Russian: Алкме́на (Alkména)

References

• “Ἀλκμήνη”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• Ἀλκμήνη in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,000