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Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Ἀρσινόη (Arsinóē).
Pronunciation
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.
Derived terms
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