Ἰσμήνη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Ἰσμηνός (Ismēnós) +‎ -η (-ē).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /iz.mɛ̌ː.nɛː/ → /izˈmi.ni/ → /izˈmi.ni/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /iz.mɛ̌ː.nɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /izˈme̝.ne̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /izˈmi.ni/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /izˈmi.ni/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /izˈmi.ni/

Proper noun

Ἰσμήνη • (Ismḗnē) f (genitive Ἰσμήνης); first declension

1. Ismene

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Ἰσμήνη; τῆς Ἰσμήνης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Ἰσμήνη hē Ismḗnē
Genitive	τῆς Ἰσμήνης tês Ismḗnēs
Dative	τῇ Ἰσμήνῃ têi Ismḗnēi
Accusative	τὴν Ἰσμήνην tḕn Ismḗnēn
Vocative	Ἰσμήνη Ismḗnē
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Related terms

• Ἰσμηνίας (Ismēnías)
• Ἰσμηνός (Ismēnós)
• Ἰσμήνῐος (Ismḗnios)
• Ὑρμίνη (Hurmínē)

 

Descendants

• Greek: Ισμήνη (Ismíni)
• Latin: Ismēnē

References

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,014