Polyxena

== Latin == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek Πολυξένη (Poluxénē). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [pɔˈlyk.sɛ.na] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [poˈlik.se.na] === Proper noun === Polyxena f sg (genitive Polyxenae); first declension (Greek mythology) The daughter of Priamus and Hecuba, sacrificed to the ghost of Achilles ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun, singular only. ==== Descendants ==== Italian: Polissena Translingual: Polyxena === References === “Polyxena”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray “Polyxena”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.