Arsinoe

See also: Arsinoé and Arsinoë

English

Alternative forms

• Arsinoë

Etymology

From Latin Arsinoē, itself from Ancient Greek Ἀρσινόη (Arsinóē), the female form of Ἀρσίνοος (Arsínoos), from ἄρσις (ársis, “elevation”) + νόος (nóos, “mind”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɑɹˈsɪ.noʊ(.i)/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɑːˈsɪ.nəʊ(.iː)/

Proper noun

Arsinoe

1. A female given name from Ancient Greek, variant of Arsinoë.

Latin

Alternative forms

• Arsinoa

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἀρσινόη (Arsinóē).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /arˈsi.no.eː/, [ärˈs̠ɪnoeː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /arˈsi.no.e/, [ärˈsiːnoe]

Proper noun

Arsinoē f sg (genitive Arsinoēs); first declension

1. A female name, famously held by:
   1. Arsinoe I, a queen of Egypt
   2. Arsinoe IV of Egypt, sister of Cleopatra
2. A port city of Egypt on the Red Sea
3. (historical) Former name of Crocodilopolis, Fayum (a city in Egypt).
4. A city of Cyrenaica, now Taucheira
5. A town on the north side of Cyprus

Declension

First-declension noun (Greek-type), with locative, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Arsinoē
genitive	Arsinoēs
dative	Arsinoae
accusative	Arsinoēn
ablative	Arsinoē
vocative	Arsinoē
locative	Arsinoae

Derived terms

• Arsinoiticus

References

• “Arsinoe”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Arsinoe in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Arsinoe”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly