Ἀλκμήνη

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • Ἀλκμᾱ́νᾱ (Alkmā́nā), Ἀλκμήνᾱ (Alkmḗnā) — Doric

Etymology

From ἀλκή (alkḗ, “strength”) +‎ μήνη (mḗnē, “moon”).

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Ἀλκμήνη • (Alkmḗnē) f (genitive Ἀλκμήνης); first declension

  1. a female given name, equivalent to English Alcmene

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Ἀλκμήνη; τῆς Ἀλκμήνης (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ἡ Ἀλκμήνη
hē Alkmḗnē
Genitive τῆς Ἀλκμήνης
tês Alkmḗnēs
Dative τῇ Ἀλκμήνῃ
tēî Alkmḗnēi
Accusative τὴν Ἀλκμήνην
tḕn Alkmḗnēn
Vocative Ἀλκμήνη
Alkmḗnē
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • Greek: Αλκμήνη (Alkmíni)
  • → Latin: Alcmēnē, Alcmēna
  • → Russian: Алкме́на (Alkména)

References

  • “Ἀλκμήνη”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • Ἀλκμήνη in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,000
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