Persephone

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See also: Persephonë and Perséphone

English

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Etymology

From Ancient Greek Περσεφόνη (Persephónē).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Triptolemus and Persephone (1)

Persephone

  1. (Greek mythology) A minor deity, the queen of the Underworld/Hades, and goddess of the seasons and vegetation. Originally named Kore/Core, she is the daughter of Zeus and Demeter; and the wife of Hades. Her Roman counterpart is Proserpina.
  2. (astronomy) 399 Persephone, a main belt asteroid.
  3. (rare) A female given name from Ancient Greek.
    • 2008, Gaynor McGrath, Lemniscate, Transit Lounge Publishing (2011), →ISBN (e-book), chapter 23, 376:
      ‘My name is Persephone’ she says, ‘but in England everyone calls me Seph.’
  4. (science fiction) The tenth planet, orbiting beyond Pluto.

Translations

Latin

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek Περσεφόνη (Persephónē).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Persephonē f sg (genitive Persephonēs); first declension

  1. (Greek mythology) Persephone (Greek goddess)
  2. (transferred sense) Death (personified)

Declension

  • The regularized genitive Persephonae occurs in later Latin.

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

Case Singular
Nominative Persephonē
Genitive Persephonēs
Dative Persephonae
Accusative Persephonēn
Ablative Persephonē
Vocative Persephonē

Synonyms

References

  • “Persĕphŏnē”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “Persephone”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • Persĕphŏnē in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1,159/1.
  • “Persephonē” on page 1,354/1 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)

Portuguese

Proper noun

Persephone f

  1. Archaic spelling of Perséfone.
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