Περσεφόνη

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

Possibly composed of the Proto-Indo-European elements *pers-o- (“sheaf of corn, grain, seed”, whence also Sanskrit पर्ष (parṣá-) and perhaps Latin porrum) +‎ *gʷʰn̥-t- (“to strike down, slay”, compare φόνος (phónos, “killer”)) +‎ *-eh₂ (a suffix of feminine agent nouns), thus originally meaning “female thresher of corn”.[1] Compare Rigvedic पर्षान् हन्ति (parṣā́n hanti, “to thresh ears of corn”). Alternatively, from Proto-Indo-European *pers-é-bʰ(h₂)n̥t-ih₂ (“she who brings the light through”), akin to Albanian Prenda.[2]

Pronunciation
 

Proper noun

Περσεφόνη • (Persephónē) f (genitive Περσεφόνης); first declension

  1. Persephone; Proserpina

Inflection
First declension of ἡ Περσεφόνη; τῆς Περσεφόνης (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ἡ Περσεφόνη
hē Persephónē
Genitive τῆς Περσεφόνης
tês Persephónēs
Dative τῇ Περσεφόνῃ
têi Persephónēi
Accusative τὴν Περσεφόνην
tḕn Persephónēn
Vocative Περσεφόνη
Persephónē
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

Further reading
  1. Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “Περσεφόνη”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1179–1180
  2. Hyllested, A., & Joseph, B. (2022). Albanian. In T. Olander (Ed.), The Indo-European Language Family: A Phylogenetic Perspective (pp. 223-245). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/9781108758666.013

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Περσεφόνη (Persephónē).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /perseˈfoni/

Proper noun

Περσεφόνη • (Persefóni) f

  1. (Greek mythology) Persephone
  2. a female given name
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