Arsinoe
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Latin Arsinoē, itself from Ancient Greek Ἀρσινόη (Arsinóē), the female form of Ἀρσίνοος (Arsínoos), from ἄρσις (ársis, “elevation”) + νόος (nóos, “mind”).
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ɑɹˈsɪ.noʊ(.i)/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɑːˈsɪ.nəʊ(.iː)/
Proper noun
Arsinoe
- A female given name from Ancient Greek, variant of Arsinoë.
Latin
Alternative forms
- Arsinoa
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Ἀρσινόη (Arsinóē).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [arˈsɪ.no.eː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [arˈsiː.no.e]
Proper noun
Arsinoē f sg (genitive Arsinoēs); first declension
- A female name, famously held by:
- Arsinoe I, a queen of Egypt
- Arsinoe IV of Egypt, sister of Cleopatra
- A port city of Egypt on the Red Sea
- (historical) former name of Crocodilopolis, Fayum (a city in Egypt).
- A city of Cyrenaica, now Taucheira
- A town on the north side of Cyprus
Declension
First-declension noun (Greek-type), with locative, singular only.
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Arsinoē |
| genitive | Arsinoēs |
| dative | Arsinoae |
| accusative | Arsinoēn |
| ablative | Arsinoē |
| vocative | Arsinoē |
| locative | Arsinoēs |
Derived terms
- Arsinoiticus
References
- “Arsinoe”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Arsinoe in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Arsinoe”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly