Ἀντιγόνη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ᾰ̓ντῐ- (anti-, “against; like; similar to”) +‎ γόνος (gónos, “offspring”) +‎ -η (-ē). May be interpreted as "similar to one's kin"; "worthy of one's ancestor".

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /an.ti.ɡó.nɛː/ → /an.tiˈɣo.ni/ → /an.diˈɣo.ni/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /an.ti.ɡó.nɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /an.tiˈɡo.ne̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /an.tiˈɣo.ni/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /an.tiˈɣo.ni/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /an.diˈɣo.ni/

Proper noun

Ᾰ̓ντῐγόνη • (Antigónē) f (genitive Ᾰ̓ντῐγόνης); first declension

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Antigone
   1. (Greek mythology) Antigone, the daughter of Oedipus and his mother Jocasta

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Ᾰ̓ντῐγόνη; τῆς Ᾰ̓ντῐγόνης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Ᾰ̓ντῐγόνη hē Antigónē
Genitive	τῆς Ᾰ̓ντῐγόνης tês Antigónēs
Dative	τῇ Ᾰ̓ντῐγόνῃ têi Antigónēi
Accusative	τὴν Ᾰ̓ντῐγόνην tḕn Antigónēn
Vocative	Ᾰ̓ντῐγόνη Antigónē
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Related terms

• Ἀντῐ́γονος (Antígonos)

Descendants

• Greek: Αντιγόνη (Antigóni)
• → Latin: Antigone
  • → Translingual: Antigone (learned)
• → Russian: Антиго́на (Antigóna)

References

• Ἀντιγόνη 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 1,001