Ἀντιγόνη
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ᾰ̓ντῐ- (anti-, “against”) + γόνος (gónos, “offspring”) + -η (-ē).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /an.ti.ɡó.nɛː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /an.tiˈɡo.ne̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /an.tiˈɣo.ni/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /an.tiˈɣo.ni/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /an.diˈɣo.ni/
Proper noun
Ᾰ̓ντῐγόνη • (Antigónē) f (genitive Ᾰ̓ντῐγόνης); first declension
- a female given name, equivalent to English Antigone
- (Greek mythology) Antigone, the daughter of Oedipus and his mother Jocasta
Inflection
First declension of ἡ Ᾰ̓ντῐγόνη; τῆς Ᾰ̓ντῐγόνης (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ Ᾰ̓ντῐγόνη hē Antigónē | ||||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς Ᾰ̓ντῐγόνης tês Antigónēs | ||||||||||||
Dative | τῇ Ᾰ̓ντῐγόνῃ têi Antigónēi | ||||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν Ᾰ̓ντῐγόνην tḕn Antigónēn | ||||||||||||
Vocative | Ᾰ̓ντῐγόνη Antigónē | ||||||||||||
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Related terms
- Ἀντῐ́γονος (Antígonos)
Descendants
- Greek: Αντιγόνη (Antigóni)
- → Latin: Antigone
- → Translingual: Antigone (learned)
- → Russian: Антиго́на (Antigóna)
References
- Ἀντιγόνη in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2023)
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,001