Mycenae

From Ancient Greek Μυκῆναι (Mukênai), the name of the Ancient Greek city, from Μυκήνη (Mukḗnē), a Nymph in Greek mythology who lived around Mycenae.

Mycenae

1. An ancient Greek city in the NE Peloponnesus on the plain of Argos, inhabited since about 4000 BCE

• Mycenaean
• Mycenaean civilization

• Mycēna
• Mycēnē

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Μυκῆναι (Mukênai).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /myˈkeː.nae̯/, [mʏˈkeː.nae̯]

Mycēnae f pl (genitive Mycēnārum); first declension

1. A city of Argolis and dwelling of the mythical king Agamemnon

First-declension noun, with locative, plural only.

• Mycēnensis

• Mycēnaeus
• Mycēnis

• Mycenae in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Mycenae in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• Mycenae in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette