Ἀλκμήνη

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms
  • Ἀλκμᾱ́νᾱ (Alkmā́nā), Ἀλκμήνᾱ (Alkmḗnā) – Doric

Etymology

From ἀλκή (alkḗ, “strength”) +‎ μήνη (mḗnē, “moon”).

Pronunciation
 

Proper noun

Ἀλκμήνη • (Alkmḗnē) f (genitive Ἀλκμήνης); first declension

  1. A female given name, equivalent to English Alcmene

Inflection
First declension of ἡ Ἀλκμήνη; τῆς Ἀλκμήνης (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ἡ Ἀλκμήνη
hē Alkmḗnē
Genitive τῆς Ἀλκμήνης
tês Alkmḗnēs
Dative τῇ Ἀλκμήνῃ
têi Alkmḗnēi
Accusative τὴν Ἀλκμήνην
tḕn Alkmḗnēn
Vocative Ἀλκμήνη
Alkmḗnē
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

References
  • Ἀλκμήνη in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • Ἀλκμήνη in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2019)
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,000
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