Penthesilea

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Πενθεσίλεια (Penthesíleia, “she who causes men to mourn, suffer”), from πενθέω (penthéō, “to mourn, worry”), from πένθος (pénthos, “mourning”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /pen.tʰe.siˈleː.a/, [pɛn̪t̪ʰɛs̠ɪˈɫ̪eːä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pen.te.siˈle.a/, [pen̪t̪es̬iˈlɛːä]

Proper noun

Penthesilēa f sg (genitive Penthesilēae); first declension

1. (Greek mythology) A queen of the Amazons and daughter of Ares and Otrera

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Penthesilēa
genitive	Penthesilēae
dative	Penthesilēae
accusative	Penthesilēam
ablative	Penthesilēā
vocative	Penthesilēa

References

• “Penthesileia”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
• Penthesilea in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Lipschitz, Susan (2012): Tearing the Veil: Essays on Femininity, p. 110