Ῥωξάνη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Bactrian, from Proto-Iranian *ráwxšnaH (literally “shining, radiant, brilliant”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ráwkšnaH, from Proto-Indo-European *lówksneh₂ (“moon”). Doublet of λῠ́χνος (lúkhnos, “lamp”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /r̥ɔːk.sǎː.nɛː/ → /rokˈsa.ni/ → /rokˈsa.ni/

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

Proper noun

Ῥωξᾱ́νη • (Rhōxā́nē) f (genitive Ῥωξᾱ́νης); first declension

1. Roxana (wife of Cambyses II)
2. Roxana (wife of Alexander the Great)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Ῥωξᾱ́νη; τῆς Ῥωξᾱ́νης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Ῥωξᾱ́νη hē Rhōxā́nē
Genitive	τῆς Ῥωξᾱ́νης tês Rhōxā́nēs
Dative	τῇ Ῥωξᾱ́νῃ têi Rhōxā́nēi
Accusative	τὴν Ῥωξᾱ́νην tḕn Rhōxā́nēn
Vocative	Ῥωξᾱ́νη Rhōxā́nē
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Ρωξάνη (Roxáni)
• → Hebrew: רוקסנה
• → Hungarian: Rhóxané
• → Persian: رکسانه (roksâne), رکسانه (Roksânâ)
  • → Bengali: রোকসানা (rōkśana)
• → Latin: Roxana
  • Italian: Rossana
  • Portuguese: Rosane
  • → Catalan: Roxana
  • → Danish: Roxana
  • → English: Roxana
  • → Finnish: Roksane
  • → French: Roxane
    • → Dutch: Roxane
    • → English: Roxane
    • → German: Roxane
  • → Norwegian: Roxana
  • → Polish: Roksana
  • → Romanian: Ruxandra, Roxana
  • → Spanish: Roxana
  • → Swedish: Roxana
  • → Welsh: Roxana
• → Russian: Рокса́на (Roksána)

Further reading

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[2], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,024