Proserpina

English

(26) Proserpina astronomical symbol

Etymology

From Latin Prōserpina from Ancient Greek Περσεφόνη (Persephónē) by metathesis perhaps first in Magna Graecia via a Sicilian Doric Greek Προσερπίνα (Proserpína) or Ionic Greek Προσερπίνη (Proserpínē), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *pers-o- (“sheaf of corn, grain, seed”) and *gʷʰn̥-t- (“to strike”), meaning 'corn-thresher'.

Proper noun

Proserpina

1. (Roman mythology) The goddess of springtime, queen of the underworld; the Roman equivalent of Persephone.
2. (astronomy) 26 Proserpina, the asteroid.
3. (astrology) A fictitious planet beyond Pluto

Synonyms

• (astronomy): 26 Proserpina, ㉖
• (astrology): ⯘

Translations

Asteroid

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 冥后星 (Mínghòuxīng)

Anagrams

• rosin paper

Italian

Etymology

From Latin Prōserpina from Ancient Greek Περσεφόνη (Persephónē) by metathesis perhaps first in Magna Graecia via a Sicilian Doric Greek Προσερπίνα (Proserpína) or Ionic Greek Προσερπίνη (Proserpínē), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *pers-o- (“sheaf of corn, grain, seed”) and *gʷʰn̥-t- (“to strike”), meaning 'corn-thresher'.

Proper noun

Proserpina f

1. (Roman mythology) Proserpina or Proserpine

Latin

Etymology

From a form of Ancient Greek Περσεφόνη (Persephónē) by metathesis perhaps first in Magna Graecia via a Sicilian Doric Greek Προσερπίνα (Proserpína) or Ionic Greek Προσερπίνη (Proserpínē), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *pers-o- (“sheaf of corn, grain, seed”) and *gʷʰn̥-t- (“to strike”), meaning 'corn-thresher'.

Pronunciation

• Prō̆serpina: (Classical) IPA^(key): /proːˈser.pi.na/, [proːˈs̠ɛrpɪnä] or IPA^(key): /proˈser.pi.na/, [prɔˈs̠ɛrpɪnä]
• Prō̆serpina: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /proˈser.pi.na/, [proˈs̬ɛrpinä]

Proper noun

Prōserpina or Proserpina f sg (genitive Prōserpinae or Proserpinae); first declension

1. (Roman mythology) Proserpina or Proserpine, daughter of Ceres and Jupiter; wife of Pluto, who seized her as she was gathering flowers in Sicily, and carried her to Hades to be queen of the Underworld; equivalent to Greek Persephone, goddess of the seasons and spring vegetation; conflated with earlier Italic Roman deity Libera

   Synonyms: Dēōīs, (Greek counterpart) Persephonē, (Old Italic counterpart) Lībera

2. (poetic) the Underworld

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Prō̆serpina
Genitive	Prō̆serpinae
Dative	Prō̆serpinae
Accusative	Prō̆serpinam
Ablative	Prō̆serpinā
Vocative	Prō̆serpina

Descendants

• → Greek: Προσερπίνα (Proserpína)
• → Arabic: بروسربينا
• → Basque: Proserpina
• → Belarusian: Празерпіна (Prazjerpina)
• Catalan: Prosèrpina
• Corsican: Pruserpina
• → Danish: Proserpina
• → Dutch: Proserpina
• → English: Proserpina
• → Estonian: Proserpina
• → Finnish: Proserpina
• French: Proserpine
  • →⇒ English: Proserpine
• → German: Proserpina
• Galician: Prosérpina
• → Hebrew: פרוסרפינה
• → Hungarian: Proserpina
• → Icelandic: Próserpína
• Italian: Proserpina
• → Lithuanian: Prozerpina
• → Latvian: Proserpina
• → Norwegian: Proserpina
• Occitan: Proserpina
• Romanian: Proserpina
• Piedmontese: Proserpin-a
• → Polish: Prozerpina
• Portuguese: Prosérpina
• → Russian: Прозерпи́на (Prozerpína)
• → Serbo-Croatian: Prozerpina, Прозерпина
• Sardinian: Pruserpina, Pruserpina
• Sicilian: Prusèrpina, Prusirpina
• Spanish: Proserpina
• → Swedish: Proserpina
• → Ukrainian: Прозерпі́на (Prozerpína)

Further reading

• “Proserpina”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Proserpina”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Proserpina in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1262.
• Proserpina in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung, column 2072
• “Proserpina”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers