Κασσάνδρα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Κᾰσάνδρᾱ (Kasándrā)
• Κᾰσάνδρη (Kasándrē) — Ionic, Epic
• Κεσάνδρᾱ (Kesándrā)
• Κατάνδρᾱ (Katándrā)
• Κασσάνδρη (Kassándrē)

Etymology

Feminine form of Κάσσανδρος (Kássandros). Etymology unclear: first element possibly from κέκασμαι (kékasmai, “I shine; excel over”). Connected to Latin censeō (“to honour”) and Sanskrit संसयति (saṃsayati, “to announce”). Second element likely comes from ἀνήρ (anḗr, “man”). The rarer form Κεσ(σ)άνδρα (Kes(s)ándra) appears to be more ancient; compare Mycenaean Greek 𐀐𐀭𐀅𐀨 (ke-sa-da-ra).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kas.sán.draː/ → /kasˈsan.dra/ → /kaˈsan.dra/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kas.sán.draː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kasˈsan.dra/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /kasˈsan.dra/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /kasˈsan.dra/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /kaˈsan.dra/

Proper noun

Κασσάνδρᾱ • (Kassándrā) f (genitive Κασσάνδρᾱς); first declension

1. a female given name
2. Cassandra, daughter of Priam

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Κασσάνδρᾱ; τῆς Κασσάνδρᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Κασσάνδρᾱ hē Kassándrā
Genitive	τῆς Κασσάνδρᾱς tês Kassándrās
Dative	τῇ Κασσάνδρᾳ têi Kassándrāi
Accusative	τὴν Κασσάνδρᾱν tḕn Kassándrān
Vocative	Κασσάνδρᾱ Kassándrā
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• Κασσάνδρα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “Κασσάνδρα”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,005

Greek

Noun

Κασσάνδρα • (Kassándra) f

1. (Greek mythology) Cassandra (the daughter of King Priam of Troy)
2. (figuratively) Cassandra (a foreteller of doom)
3. a female given name

Declension

  Κασσάνδρα

case     \     number	singular
nominative	Κασσάνδρα •
genitive	Κασσάνδρας •
accusative	Κασσάνδρα •
vocative	Κασσάνδρα •

Further reading

• Κασσάνδρα on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el