Mycenae

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek Μυκῆναι (Mukênai), the name of the Ancient Greek city, from Μυκήνη (Mukḗnē), a Nymph in Greek mythology who lived around Mycenae.

Proper noun

Mycenae

1. An ancient Greek city in the NE Peloponnesus on the plain of Argos, inhabited since about 4000 B.C.E.

Related terms

• Mycenaean
• Mycenaean civilization

Translations

city

• Czech: Mykény (cs) f pl
• German: Mykene (de), Mykenä (de)
• Greek: Μυκήνες (el) f pl (Mykínes)

  Ancient: Μυκῆναι f pl (Mukênai)

• Hawaiian: Mukānai
• Macedonian: Мике́на f (Mikéna)
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• Polish: Mykeny (pl) f pl
• Portuguese: Micenas f
• Russian: Мике́ны (ru) f pl (Mikény)
• Spanish: Micenas (es)

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Latin

Alternative forms

• Mycēna
• Mycēnē

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Μυκῆναι (Mukênai).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /myˈkeː.nae̯/, [mʏˈkeːnäe̯]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /miˈt͡ʃe.ne/, [miˈt͡ʃɛːne]

Proper noun

Mycēnae f pl (genitive Mycēnārum); first declension

1. A city of Argolis and dwelling of the mythical king Agamemnon

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, plural only.

Case	Plural
Nominative	Mycēnae
Genitive	Mycēnārum
Dative	Mycēnīs
Accusative	Mycēnās
Ablative	Mycēnīs
Vocative	Mycēnae
Locative	Mycēnīs

Derived terms

• Mycēnensis

Related terms

• Mycēnaeus
• Mycēnis

References

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