Alcmena

English

Etymology

From Latin Alcmēna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ælkˈmiːnə/

Proper noun

Alcmena

1. Alternative form of Alcmene

Anagrams

• MacLean, Maclean, laceman, manacle

Italian

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἀλκμήνη (Alkmḗnē).

Proper noun

Alcmena f

1. (Greek mythology) Alcmene

Anagrams

• Alcmane

Latin

Alternative forms

• Alcumēna
• Alcmēnē

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀλκμήνη (Alkmḗnē).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /alkˈmeː.na/, [äɫ̪kˈmeːnä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /alkˈme.na/, [älkˈmɛːnä]

Proper noun

Alcmēna f sg (genitive Alcmēnae); first declension

1. Alcmene, mother of Hercules

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Alcmēna
Genitive	Alcmēnae
Dative	Alcmēnae
Accusative	Alcmēnam
Ablative	Alcmēnā
Vocative	Alcmēna

References

• “Alcmena”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Alcmena in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• Alcmene

Proper noun

Alcmena f

1. (Greek mythology) Alcmene (mother of Heracles)

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Alcmēna, from Ancient Greek Ἀλκμήνη (Alkmḗnē).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /alɡˈmena/ [alɣ̞ˈme.na]
• Rhymes: -ena
• Syllabification: Alc‧me‧na

Proper noun

Alcmena f

1. (Greek mythology) Alcmene (the wife of Amphitryon and mother, by Zeus, of Heracles)