Πολυξένη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πολῠ́ξενος (polúxenos, “entertaining many guests”) +‎ -η (-ē), from πολῠ- (polu-, “many”) +‎ ξένος (xénos, “guest; stranger”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /po.lyk.sé.nɛː/ → /po.lykˈse.ni/ → /po.likˈse.ni/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /po.lyk.sé.nɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /po.lykˈse.ne̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /po.lykˈse.ni/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /po.lykˈse.ni/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /po.likˈse.ni/

Proper noun

Πολῠξένη • (Poluxénē) f (genitive Πολῠξένης); first declension

1. a female given name: Polyxena

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Πολῠξένη; τῆς Πολῠξένης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Πολῠξένη hē Poluxénē
Genitive	τῆς Πολῠξένης tês Poluxénēs
Dative	τῇ Πολῠξένῃ têi Poluxénēi
Accusative	τὴν Πολῠξένην tḕn Poluxénēn
Vocative	Πολῠξένη Poluxénē
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Πολυξένη (Polyxéni)
• Latin: Polyxena

References

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,023

Greek

Etymology

Inherited from Ancient Greek Πολυξένη (Poluxénē).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /po.liˈks.eni/
• Hyphenation: Πο‧λυ‧ξέ‧νη

Proper noun

Πολυξένη • (Polyxéni) f (plural Πολυξένες)

1. a female given name
2. in the singular:
   1. Polyxena, daughter of King Priam.
   2. A saint whose feast day in the Greek Orthodox tradition is 23 September.

Declension

declension of Πολυξένη

case     \     number	singular	plural
nominative	Πολυξένη •	Πολυξένες •
genitive	Πολυξένης •	—
accusative	Πολυξένη •	Πολυξένες •
vocative	Πολυξένη •	Πολυξένες •

Related terms

• (pet forms) Ξένη (Xéni), Ξένια (Xénia)