Arsinoe

Latin

Alternative forms

  • Arsinoa

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἀρσινόη (Arsinóē).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /arˈsi.no.eː/, [arˈsɪ.nɔ.eː]

Proper noun

Arsinoē f (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. A city of Egypt on the western bank of the Nile
  4. A city of Cyrenaica, now Taucheira
  5. A town on the north side of Cyprus

Inflection

First declension, Greek type.

Case Singular
nominative Arsinoē
genitive Arsinoēs
dative Arsinoae
accusative Arsinoēn
ablative Arsinoē
vocative Arsinoē

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
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.