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• Persephonë

語源

From Ancient Greek Περσεφόνη (Persephónē).

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /pəˈsɛfəni/
• (米国発音) IPA: /pɚˈsɛfəniː/

固有名詞

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 from Ancient Greek.
   • 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.’

4. (science fiction) The ninth or tenth planet, orbiting beyond Pluto.

派生語

発音

• (Classical Latin) IPA: [pɛrˈsɛ.pʰɔ.neː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: [perˈsɛː.fo.ne]

固有名詞

Persephonē f sg (genitive Persephonēs); first declension

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

語形変化

• The regularized genitive Persephonae occurs in later Latin.

First-declension noun (Greek-type), singular only.

同意語

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

参照

• “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)