Πολυξένη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πολῠ́ξενος (polúxenos, “entertaining many guests”) +‎ -η (-ē), from πολῠ- (polu-, “many”) +‎ ξένος (xénos, “guest; stranger”).

Pronunciation
 

Proper noun

Πολῠξένη • (Poluxénē) f (genitive Πολῠξένης); first declension

  1. A female given name: Polyxena

Inflection
First declension of ἡ Πολῠξένη; τῆς Πολῠξένης (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ἡ Πολῠξένη
hē Poluxénē
Genitive τῆς Πολῠξένης
tês Poluxénēs
Dative τῇ Πολῠξένῃ
têi Poluxénēi
Accusative τὴν Πολῠξένην
tḕn Poluxénēn
Vocative Πολῠξένη
Poluxénē
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

References
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,023

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Πολυξένη (Poluxénē).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /poliˈkseni/
  • Hyphenation: Πο‧λυ‧ξέ‧νη

Proper noun

Πολυξένη • (Polyxéni) f

  1. Polyxena, daughter of King Priam.
  2. A female given name
  3. A saint whose feast day in the Greek Orthodox tradition is 23 September.

Declension
Declension of Πολυξένη (Polyxéni)
singular
nominative Πολυξένη •
genitive Πολυξένης •
accusative Πολυξένη •
vocative Πολυξένη •
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