Polyxena

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Πολυξένη (Poluxénē).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /poˈlyk.se.na/, [pɔˈlʲʏks̠ɛnä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /poˈlik.se.na/, [poˈliksenä]

Proper noun

Polyxena f sg (genitive Polyxenae); first declension

1. (Greek mythology) The daughter of Priamus and Hecuba, sacrificed to the ghost of Achilles

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Polyxena
genitive	Polyxenae
dative	Polyxenae
accusative	Polyxenam
ablative	Polyxenā
vocative	Polyxena

Descendants

• Italian: Polissena
• Translingual: Polyxena

References

• “Polyxena”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
• Polyxena in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.