ἀλσίνη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἄλσος (álsos, “grove”), with a suffix found in other plant names like βαλσαμίνη (balsamínē) and μυρσίνη (mursínē).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /al.sí.nɛː/ → /alˈsi.ni/ → /alˈsi.ni/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /al.sí.nɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /alˈsi.ne̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /alˈsi.ni/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /alˈsi.ni/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /alˈsi.ni/

Noun

ἀλσῐ́νη • (alsínē) f (genitive ἀλσῐ́νης); first declension

1. lichwort (Parietaria lusitanica)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ἀλσῐ́νη; τῆς ἀλσῐ́νης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἀλσῐ́νη hē alsínē	τὼ ἀλσῐ́νᾱ tṑ alsínā	αἱ ἀλσῐ́ναι hai alsínai
Genitive	τῆς ἀλσῐ́νης tês alsínēs	τοῖν ἀλσῐ́ναιν toîn alsínain	τῶν ἀλσῐνῶν tôn alsinôn
Dative	τῇ ἀλσῐ́νῃ têi alsínēi	τοῖν ἀλσῐ́ναιν toîn alsínain	ταῖς ἀλσῐ́ναις taîs alsínais
Accusative	τὴν ἀλσῐ́νην tḕn alsínēn	τὼ ἀλσῐ́νᾱ tṑ alsínā	τᾱ̀ς ἀλσῐ́νᾱς tā̀s alsínās
Vocative	ἀλσῐ́νη alsínē	ἀλσῐ́νᾱ alsínā	ἀλσῐ́ναι alsínai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Translingual: Alsine

Further reading

• “ἀλσίνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἀλσίνη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀλσίνη in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)