Statira

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Στατείρα (Stateíra), itself from Old Iranian *Stātairā- or *Stātiyarā-.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /staˈtiː.ra/, [s̠t̪äˈt̪iːrä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /staˈti.ra/, [st̪äˈt̪iːrä]

Proper noun

Statīra f sg (genitive Statīrae); first declension

1. The second wife of Alexander the Great and daughter of Darius III

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Statīra
Genitive	Statīrae
Dative	Statīrae
Accusative	Statīram
Ablative	Statīrā
Vocative	Statīra

References

• “Statira”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray