Arsinoe

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See also: Arsinoé, and Arsinoë

English

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Etymology

From Latin Arsinoē, itself from Ancient Greek Ἀρσινόη (Arsinóē), the female form of Ἀρσίνοος (Arsínoos), from ἄρσις (ársis, elevation) + νόος (nóos, mind).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Arsinoe

  1. A female given name from Ancient Greek, variant of Arsinoë.

Latin

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Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἀρσινόη (Arsinóē).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Arsinoē f sg (genitive Arsinoēs); first declension

  1. A female name, famously held by:
    1. Arsinoe I, a queen of Egypt
    2. Arsinoe IV of Egypt, sister of Cleopatra
  2. A port city of Egypt on the Red Sea
  3. (historical) Former name of Crocodilopolis, Fayum (a city in Egypt).
  4. A city of Cyrenaica, now Taucheira
  5. A town on the north side of Cyprus

Declension

First-declension noun (Greek-type), with locative, singular only.

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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