Ἀρσινόη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Feminine of Ἀρσίνοος (Arsínoos).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ar.si.nó.ɛː/ → /ar.siˈno.i/ → /ar.siˈno.i/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ar.si.nó.ɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ar.siˈno.e̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ar.siˈno.i/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ar.siˈno.i/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ar.siˈno.i/

Proper noun

Ἀρσῐνόη • (Arsinóē) f (genitive Ἀρσῐνόης); first declension

1. a female given name, Arsinoe
2. Arsinoe, Arsin (any of a number of cities in modern-day Cyprus, Egypt, Eritrea, Greece, Libya, and Turkey)

Declension

First declension of ἡ Ἀρσῐνόη; τῆς Ἀρσῐνόης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Ἀρσῐνόη hē Arsinóē
Genitive	τῆς Ἀρσῐνόης tês Arsinóēs
Dative	τῇ Ἀρσῐνόῃ têi Arsinóēi
Accusative	τὴν Ἀρσῐνόην tḕn Arsinóēn
Vocative	Ἀρσῐνόη Arsinóē
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Ἀρσινόεια (Arsinóeia)

Descendants

• Greek: Αρσινόη (Arsinói)
• → Coptic: ⲁⲣⲓⲥⲟⲛⲏ (arisonē)
• → Egyptian: jrsjrnꜣt
• → English: Arsinoë
• → French: Arsinoé
• → Latin: Arsinoē
• → Ottoman Turkish: آرسین (arsin)
  • Turkish: Arsin

Further reading

• Ἀρσινόη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Ἀρσινόη in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• “Ἀρσινόη”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011