Ismene

== Translingual == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek Ἰσμήνη (Ismḗnē, “sister of Antigone”); see Ismene on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Proper noun === Ismene f A taxonomic genus within the family Amaryllidaceae – Peruvian daffodils, native to Peru and Ecuador but widely cultivated elsewhere for their flowers. A taxonomic genus within the family Crambidae – a single species of moth, endemic to Egypt. ==== Hyponyms ==== (genus of Amaryllidaceae): Ismene amancaes - type species; Ismene hawkesii, Ismene longipetala, Ismene morrisonii, Ismene pedunculata, Ismene ringens, Ismene sublimis, Ismene vargasii - other species Ismene × deflexa, Ismene × spofforthiae (nothospecies) (genus of Crambidae): Ismene pelusia - sole species === References === plant Ismene (plant) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Ismene (Amaryllidaceae) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies (includes links to invalid namings and a renamed genus) Category:Ismene on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons moth Ismene (moth) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Ismene (Crambinae) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Ismene (Crambidae) on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons == English == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek Ἰσμήνη (Ismḗnē). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɪzˈmiːni/ === Proper noun === Ismene A female given name from Ancient Greek. (Greek mythology) A daughter and half-sister of Oedipus, daughter and granddaughter of Jocasta, and sister of Antigone, Eteocles and Polynices. (Greek mythology) A daughter of the river-god Asopus by the nymph Metope. (astronomy) The main belt asteroid 190 Ismene. ==== Usage notes ==== (daughter of Oedipus): Appears as a character in several plays by Sophocles, as well as Aeschylus' Seven Against Thebes. (daughter of Asopus): Named in the Bibliotheca of Pseudo-Apollodorus. === Further reading === Ismene on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Ismene (daughter of Asopus) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 190 Ismene on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === Semien, imenes == Latin == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἰσμήνη (Ismḗnē). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɪsˈmeː.neː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [izˈmɛː.ne] === Proper noun === Ismēnē f sg (genitive Ismēnēs); first declension Ismene (daughter and half-sister of Oedipus and sister of Antigone) Ismene (daughter of Asopus) ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun (feminine, Greek-type, nominative singular in -ē), singular only. === References === “Ismene”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.