Persephone

• Persephonë

From Ancient Greek Περσεφόνη (Persephónē).

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

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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 tenth planet, orbiting beyond Pluto.

From the Ancient Greek Περσεφόνη (Persephónē).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /perˈse.pʰo.neː/, [pɛrˈs̠ɛpʰɔneː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /perˈse.fo.ne/, [perˈsɛːfone]

Persephonē f sg (genitive Persephonēs); first declension

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

• The regularized genitive Persephonae occurs in later Latin.

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

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

• “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)

Persephone f

1. Archaic spelling of Perséfone.