Ismene

Translingual

Ismene amancaes

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἰσμήνη (Ismḗnē, “sister of Antigone”); see Ismene on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Proper noun

Ismene f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Amaryllidaceae – Peruvian daffodils, native to Peru and Ecuador but widely cultivated elsewhere for their flowers.
2. A taxonomic genus within the family Crambidae – a single species of moth, endemic to Egypt.

Hyponyms

• (genus of Amaryllidaceae): Ismene amancaes - type species; Ismene hawkesii, Ismene longipetala, Ismene morrisonii, Ismene pedunculata, Ismene ringens, Ismene sublimis, Ismene vargasii - other species
  • Ismene × deflexa, Ismene × spofforthiae (nothospecies)
• (genus of Crambidae): Ismene pelusia - sole species

References

plant

• Ismene (plant) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Ismene (Amaryllidaceae) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies (includes links to invalid namings and a renamed genus)
• Ismene on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

moth

• Ismene (moth) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Ismene (Crambinae) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Ismene (Crambidae) on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἰσμήνη (Ismḗnē).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪzˈmiːni/

Proper noun

Ismene

1. A female given name from Ancient Greek
   1. (Greek mythology) A daughter and half-sister of Oedipus, daughter and granddaughter of Jocasta, and sister of Antigone, Eteocles and Polynices.
      • 2012, André Lardinois, “5: Antigone”, in Kirk Ormand, editor, A Companion to Sophocles, Wiley-Blackwell, page 65:

        Ismene and the Guard are the opposite of Antigone and Creon, yet for a full understanding of the human condition they are equally important.

   2. (Greek mythology) A daughter of the river-god Asopus by the nymph Metope.
2. (astronomy) The main belt asteroid 190 Ismene.

Usage notes

• (daughter of Oedipus):
  • Appears as a character in several plays by Sophocles, as well as Aeschylus' Seven Against Thebes.
• (daughter of Asopus):
  • Named in the Bibliotheca of Pseudo-Apollodorus.

Further reading

• Ismene on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Ismene (daughter of Asopus) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• 190 Ismene on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Semien, imenes

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἰσμήνη (Ismḗnē).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /isˈmeː.neː/, [ɪs̠ˈmeːneː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /isˈme.ne/, [izˈmɛːne]

Proper noun

Ismēnē f sg (genitive Ismēnēs); first declension

1. Ismene (daughter and half-sister of Oedipus and sister of Antigone)
2. Ismene (daughter of Asopus)

Declension

First-declension noun (Greek-type), singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Ismēnē
Genitive	Ismēnēs
Dative	Ismēnae
Accusative	Ismēnēn
Ablative	Ismēnē
Vocative	Ismēnē

References

• Ismene in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.