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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From τίσις (tísis, “payment, punishment, vengeance”) + φόνος (phónos, “murder”), literally “avenging murder”.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ti.si.pʰó.nɛː/ → /ti.siˈɸo.ni/ → /ti.siˈfo.ni/
Proper noun
Τῐσῐφόνη • (Tisiphónē) f (genitive Τῐσῐφόνης); first declension
- (Greek mythology, Roman mythology) Tisiphone (one of the Erinyes/Dirae, and a companion of Nemesis/Invidia)
Declension
Descendants