arsineum

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Latin

Etymology

Uncertain. Perhaps from Ancient Greek *ἀρσινόειον (*arsinóeion), from Ἀρσινόη (Arsinóē), in reference to a queen of the Ptolemaic dynasty or to one of the towns called Arsinoe; alternatively simply a variant or misreading of argentea, from argenteus (“silvery”), thus “silvery thing”—in which case the late gloss “women’s headdress”, from the epitome of Festus, is spurious.[1][2]

Pronunciation

Noun

arsineum n (genitive arsineī); second declension

  1. The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include:
    1. A woman's headdress
    2. Alternative form of argenteum

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative arsineum arsinea
Genitive arsineī arsineōrum
Dative arsineō arsineīs
Accusative arsineum arsinea
Ablative arsineō arsineīs
Vocative arsineum arsinea

References

  • arsineum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “arsineum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  1. ^ Leumann, Manu, Hofmann, Johann Baptist, Szantyr, Anton (1977) “rs und ls”, in Lateinische Grammatik: Lateinische Laut- und Formenlehre, CH Beck, page 211
  2. ^ Radicke, Jan (2023) “*arsineus < argenteus”, in Roman Women's Dress: Literary Sources, Terminology, and Historical Development, →ISBN, pages 49–50
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