Proserpina
English
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Etymology
[edit]From Latin Prōserpina from Ancient Greek Περσεφόνη (Persephónē) by metathesis perhaps first in Magna Graecia via a Sicilian Doric Greek Προσερπίνα (Proserpína) or Ionic Greek Προσερπίνη (Proserpínē), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *pers-o- (“sheaf of corn, grain, seed”) and *gʷʰn̥-t- (“to strike”), meaning 'corn-thresher'.
Proper noun
[edit]Proserpina
- (Roman mythology) The goddess of springtime, queen of the underworld; the Roman equivalent of Persephone.
- (astronomy) 26 Proserpina, the asteroid.
- (astrology) A fictitious planet beyond Pluto
Synonyms
[edit]- (astronomy): 26 Proserpina, ㉖
- (astrology): ⯘
Translations
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Anagrams
[edit]Italian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin Prōserpina from Ancient Greek Περσεφόνη (Persephónē) by metathesis perhaps first in Magna Graecia via a Sicilian Doric Greek Προσερπίνα (Proserpína) or Ionic Greek Προσερπίνη (Proserpínē), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *pers-o- (“sheaf of corn, grain, seed”) and *gʷʰn̥-t- (“to strike”), meaning 'corn-thresher'.
Proper noun
[edit]Proserpina f
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From a form of Ancient Greek Περσεφόνη (Persephónē) by metathesis perhaps first in Magna Graecia via a Sicilian Doric Greek Προσερπίνα (Proserpína) or Ionic Greek Προσερπίνη (Proserpínē), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *pers-o- (“sheaf of corn, grain, seed”) and *gʷʰn̥-t- (“to strike”), meaning 'corn-thresher'.
Pronunciation
[edit]- Prō̆serpina: (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /proːˈser.pi.na/, [proːˈs̠ɛrpɪnä] or IPA(key): /proˈser.pi.na/, [prɔˈs̠ɛrpɪnä]
- Prō̆serpina: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /proˈser.pi.na/, [proˈs̬ɛrpinä]
Proper noun
[edit]Prōserpina or Proserpina f sg (genitive Prōserpinae or Proserpinae); first declension
- (Roman mythology) Proserpina or Proserpine, daughter of Ceres and Jupiter; wife of Pluto, who seized her as she was gathering flowers in Sicily, and carried her to Hades to be queen of the Underworld; equivalent to Greek Persephone, goddess of the seasons and spring vegetation; conflated with earlier Italic Roman deity Libera
- Synonyms: Dēōīs, (Greek counterpart) Persephonē, (Old Italic counterpart) Lībera
- (poetic) the Underworld
Declension
[edit]First-declension noun, singular only.
Case | Singular |
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Nominative | Prō̆serpina |
Genitive | Prō̆serpinae |
Dative | Prō̆serpinae |
Accusative | Prō̆serpinam |
Ablative | Prō̆serpinā |
Vocative | Prō̆serpina |
Descendants
[edit]- → Greek: Προσερπίνα (Proserpína)
- → Arabic: بروسربينا
- → Basque: Proserpina
- → Belarusian: Празерпіна (Prazjerpina)
- Catalan: Prosèrpina
- Corsican: Pruserpina
- → Danish: Proserpina
- → Dutch: Proserpina
- → English: Proserpina
- → Estonian: Proserpina
- → Finnish: Proserpina
- French: Proserpine
- →⇒ English: Proserpine
- → German: Proserpina
- Galician: Prosérpina
- → Hebrew: פרוסרפינה
- → Hungarian: Proserpina
- → Icelandic: Próserpína
- Italian: Proserpina
- → Lithuanian: Prozerpina
- → Latvian: Proserpina
- → Norwegian: Proserpina
- Occitan: Proserpina
- Romanian: Proserpina
- Piedmontese: Proserpin-a
- → Polish: Prozerpina
- Portuguese: Prosérpina
- → Russian: Прозерпи́на (Prozerpína)
- → Serbo-Croatian: Prozerpina, Прозерпина
- Sardinian: Pruserpina, Pruserpina
- Sicilian: Prusèrpina, Prusirpina
- Spanish: Proserpina
- → Swedish: Proserpina
- → Ukrainian: Прозерпі́на (Prozerpína)
Further reading
[edit]- “Proserpina”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Proserpina”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Proserpina in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1262.
- Proserpina in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung, column 2072
- “Proserpina”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
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