Persephone

See also: Persephonë and Perséphone

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Περσεφόνη (Persephónē)

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /pəˈsɛfəni/
  • (US) IPA(key): /pɚˈsɛfəniː/
  • (file)

Proper noun

Triptolemus and Persephone (1)

Persephone

  1. (Greek mythology) A minor deity, the queen of the Underworld/Hades, and goddess of the seasons and vegetation. Originally named Kore/Core, she is the daughter of Zeus and Demeter; and the wife of Hades. Her Roman counterpart is Proserpina.
  2. (astronomy) 399 Persephone, a main belt asteroid.
  3. (rare) A female given name.
    • 2008, Gaynor McGrath, Lemniscate, Transit Lounge Publishing (2011), →ISBN (e-book), chapter 23, 376:
      ‘My name is Persephone’ she says, ‘but in England everyone calls me Seph.’

Translations


Latin

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek Περσεφόνη (Persephónē).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /perˈse.pʰo.neː/, [pɛrˈsɛ.pʰɔ.neː]

Proper noun

Persephonē f (genitive Persephonēs or Persephonae); first declension

  1. Persephone (Greek goddess)
  2. (transferred sense) Death (personified)

Declension

First declension, Greek type.

Case Singular
Nominative Persephonē
Genitive Persephonēs
Dative Persephonae
Accusative Persephonēn
Ablative Persephonē
Vocative Persephonē

Synonyms

  • (Persephone [Greek goddess]): Prōserpina (Roman counterpart)

References

  • Persĕphŏnē in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Persephone in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • Persĕphŏnē in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette, page 1,159/1
  • Persephonē” on page 1,354/1 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)

Portuguese

Proper noun

Persephone f

  1. Archaic spelling of Perséfone.
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