Ἀλκμήνη
Ancient Greek edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From ἀλκή (alkḗ, “strength”) + μήνη (mḗnē, “moon”).
Pronunciation edit
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /alk.mɛ̌ː.nɛː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /alkˈme̝.ne̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /alkˈmi.ni/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /alkˈmi.ni/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /alkˈmi.ni/
Proper noun edit
Ἀλκμήνη • (Alkmḗnē) f (genitive Ἀλκμήνης); first declension
- a female given name, equivalent to English Alcmene
Inflection edit
Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ Ἀλκμήνη hē Alkmḗnē | ||||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς Ἀλκμήνης tês Alkmḗnēs | ||||||||||||
Dative | τῇ Ἀλκμήνῃ têi Alkmḗnēi | ||||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν Ἀλκμήνην tḕn Alkmḗnēn | ||||||||||||
Vocative | Ἀλκμήνη Alkmḗnē | ||||||||||||
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Descendants edit
References edit
- “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 (2006–2024)
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,000