Arsinoe

== English == === Alternative forms === Arsinoë === Etymology === From Latin Arsinoē, itself from Ancient Greek Ἀρσινόη (Arsinóē), the female form of Ἀρσίνοος (Arsínoos), from ἄρσις (ársis, “elevation”) + νόος (nóos, “mind”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɑːˈsɪnəʊ.eɪ/ (General American) IPA(key): /ɑɹˈsɪnoʊ.eɪ/, /ɑɹˈsɪnoʊ.i/ === Proper noun === Arsinoe A female given name of historical usage, notably borne by several queens consort of Egypt. An ancient port city in Egypt, at the northern end of the Gulf of Suez, on the Red Sea. (historical) former name of Crocodilopolis, Fayum (a city in Egypt) An ancient city in Cyrenaica in modern northeastern Libya; modern Tocra. An ancient city in northwestern Cyprus, formerly Marion. An ancient city in southwestern Cyprus. ==== Translations ==== == Latin == === Alternative forms === Arsinoa === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ᾰ̓ρσῐνόη (Ărsĭnóē). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [arˈsɪ.no.eː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [arˈsiː.no.e] === Proper noun === Arsinoē f sg (genitive Arsinoēs); first declension a female given name from Ancient Greek Arsinoe I, a queen of Egypt Arsinoe IV of Egypt, sister of Cleopatra a port city of Egypt on the Red Sea (historical) former name of Crocodīlopolis; now Fayum (a city in Egypt) a city of Cyrenaica, now Taucheira a town on the northern side of Cyprus ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun (feminine, Greek-type, nominative singular in -ē), with locative, singular only. ==== Derived terms ==== === References === “Arsinoe”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “Arsinoe”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “Arsinoe”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly