Arsinoe
See also: Arsinoé and Arsinoë
Latin
Alternative forms
- Arsinoa
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Ἀρσινόη (Arsinóē).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /arˈsi.no.eː/, [ärˈs̠ɪnoeː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /arˈsi.no.e/, [ärˈsiːnoe]
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
- The Greek name for Crocodilopolis, now Faiyum, a city of Egypt on the western bank of the Nile
- A city of Cyrenaica, now Taucheira
- A town on the north side of Cyprus
Declension
First-declension noun (Greek-type), with locative, singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Arsinoē |
| Genitive | Arsinoēs |
| Dative | Arsinoae |
| Accusative | Arsinoēn |
| Ablative | Arsinoē |
| Vocative | Arsinoē |
| Locative | Arsinoae |
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