Hermione

See also: Hermionë

English

Alternative forms

• Hermionë

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek Ἑρμῐόνη (Hermiónē). Not related to German Hermine.

Pronunciation

• enPR: hûrmīʹənĭ, IPA^(key): /hɜːˈmaɪ.ə.nɪ/
• IPA^(key): /ˈhɝˈmaɪ.ə.ni/, /ˈhɝˈmaɪ.nɪ/
• Rhymes: -aɪəni

Proper noun

Hermione

1. (Greek mythology) Daughter of Helen and Menelaus, wife of Orestes.
   • c. 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Winters Tale”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):
     : Act III, Scene II:

     Hermione, queen to the worthy Leontes, King of Sicilia, thou art here accused and arraigned of high treason

2. A female given name from Ancient Greek

Translations

Daughter of Helen and Menelaus, wife of Orestes

• Armenian: Հերմիոնե (hy) (Hermione)
• French: Hermione (fr)
• German: Hermione
• Greek: Ερμιόνη (el) (Ermióni)

  Ancient: Ἑρμιόνη (Hermiónē)

• Hebrew: הֶרְמַיוֹנִי
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• Italian: Ermione
• Latin: Hermionē
• Portuguese: Hermione
• Russian: Гермио́на (ru) (Germióna)
• Spanish: Hermione f

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Catalan

Proper noun

Hermione f

1. Hermione

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Latin

Alternative forms

• Hermiona

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἑρμιόνη (Hermiónē).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /herˈmi.o.neː/, [hɛrˈmiɔneː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /erˈmi.o.ne/, [erˈmiːone]

Proper noun

Hermionē f sg (genitive Hermionēs); first declension

1. (Greek mythology) Hermione
2. A city of Argolis

Declension

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

Case	Singular
Nominative	Hermionē
Genitive	Hermionēs
Dative	Hermionae
Accusative	Hermionēn
Ablative	Hermionē
Vocative	Hermionē
Locative	Hermionae

Related terms

• Hermionēus
• Hermionius
• Hermionicus

Descendants

• Italian: Ermione

References

• “Hermione”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Hermione in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Hermione”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly