Μυκῆναι

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Ancient Greek

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Mycenae

Alternative forms

Μυκήνη (Mukḗnē)

Etymology

Probably of Pre-Greek origin.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /my.kɛ̂ː.nai̯/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /myˈke̝.nɛ/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /myˈci.nɛ/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /myˈci.ne/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /miˈci.ne/

Proper noun

Μῠκῆναι • (Mukênai) f pl (genitive Μῠκηνῶν); first declension

Mycenae

Inflection

First declension of αἱ Μῠκῆναι; τῶν Μῠκηνῶν (Attic)

Case / #	Plural
Nominative	αἱ Μῠκῆναι hai Mukênai
Genitive	τῶν Μῠκηνῶν tôn Mukēnôn
Dative	ταῖς Μῠκήναις taîs Mukḗnais
Accusative	τᾱ̀ς Μῠκήνᾱς tā̀s Mukḗnās
Vocative	Μῠκῆναι Mukênai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

Μῠκηναῖος (Mukēnaîos)
Μῠκηνῐ́ς (Mukēnís)

Descendants

Greek: Μυκήνες (Mykínes)
Latin: Mycēnae, Mycēna, Mycēnē
- Italian: Micene
- English: Mycenae
Russian: Мике́ны (Mikény)

Further reading

“Μυκῆναι”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,017

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