Polyxena

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Πολυξένη (Poluxénē).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Polyxena f sg (genitive Polyxenae); first declension

  1. (Greek mythology) The daughter of Priamus and Hecuba, sacrificed to the ghost of Achilles

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

singular
nominative Polyxena
genitive Polyxenae
dative Polyxenae
accusative Polyxenam
ablative Polyxenā
vocative Polyxena

Descendants

  • Italian: Polissena
  • Translingual: Polyxena

References

  • “Polyxena”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
  • Polyxena in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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