Μυκήνη

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /my.kɛ̌ː.nɛː/ → /myˈci.ni/ → /miˈci.ni/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /my.kɛ̌ː.nɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /myˈke̝.ne̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /myˈci.ni/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /myˈci.ni/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /miˈci.ni/

Proper noun

Μῠκήνη • (Mukḗnē) f (genitive Μῠκήνης); first declension

1. (Greek mythology) Mycene (daughter of Inachus, king of Argos)
2. Alternative form of Μυκῆναι (Mukênai, “Mycenae”)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Μῠκήνη; τῆς Μῠκήνης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Μῠκήνη hē Mukḗnē
Genitive	τῆς Μῠκήνης tês Mukḗnēs
Dative	τῇ Μῠκήνῃ têi Mukḗnēi
Accusative	τὴν Μῠκήνην tḕn Mukḗnēn
Vocative	Μῠκήνη Mukḗnē
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “Μυκήνη”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• Μυκήνη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Μυκήνη - ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ (since 2011) Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch) University of Chicago.
• “Μυκήνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press