Proserpina

== English == === Etymology === From Latin Prōserpina from Ancient Greek Περσεφόνη (Persephónē) by metathesis perhaps first in Magna Graecia via a Sicilian Doric Greek Προσερπίνα (Proserpína) or Ionic Greek Προσερπίνη (Proserpínē), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *pers-o- (“sheaf of corn, grain, seed”) and *gʷʰn̥-t- (“to strike”), meaning 'grain-thresher' or 'She-who-threshes-the-grain'. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /prəʊˈsɜːpɪnə/ (General American) IPA(key): /proʊˈsɝpɪnə/ === Proper noun === Proserpina (Roman mythology) The goddess of springtime, queen of the underworld and the wife of Pluto; the Roman equivalent of Persephone. Alternative form: Proserpine (astronomy) 26 Proserpina, a main-belt asteroid. (astrology) A fictitious planet beyond Pluto. ==== Synonyms ==== (astronomy): 26 Proserpina, ㉖ (astrology): ⯘ ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === rosin paper == Italian == === Etymology === From Latin Prōserpina from Ancient Greek Περσεφόνη (Persephónē) by metathesis perhaps first in Magna Graecia via a Sicilian Doric Greek Προσερπίνα (Proserpína) or Ionic Greek Προσερπίνη (Proserpínē), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *pers-o- (“sheaf of corn, grain, seed”) and *gʷʰn̥-t- (“to strike”), meaning 'corn-thresher'. === Proper noun === Proserpina f (Roman mythology) Proserpina or Proserpine == Latin == === Etymology === From a form of Ancient Greek Περσεφόνη (Persephónē) by metathesis perhaps first in Magna Graecia via a Sicilian Doric Greek Προσερπίνα (Proserpína) or Ionic Greek Προσερπίνη (Proserpínē), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *pers-o- (“sheaf of corn, grain, seed”) and *gʷʰn̥-t- (“to strike”), meaning 'corn-thresher'. === Pronunciation === Prō̆serpina: (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [proːˈsɛr.pɪ.na], [prɔˈsɛr.pɪ.na] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [proˈs̬ɛr.pi.na] === Proper noun === Prōserpina or Proserpina f sg (genitive Prōserpinae or Proserpinae); first declension (Roman mythology) Proserpina or Proserpine, daughter of Ceres and Jupiter; wife of Pluto, who seized her as she was gathering flowers in Sicily, and carried her to Hades to be queen of the Underworld; equivalent to Greek Persephone, goddess of the seasons and spring vegetation; conflated with earlier Italic Roman deity Libera Synonyms: Dēōīs, (Greek counterpart) Persephonē, (Old Italic counterpart) Lībera (poetic) the Underworld ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun, singular only. ==== Descendants ==== === Further reading === “Proserpina”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “Proserpina”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “Proserpina”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1262. Proserpina in Georges, Karl Ernst; Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918), Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung, column 2072 “Proserpina”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers == Tagalog == === Etymology === Borrowed from Spanish Proserpina, from Latin Prōserpina, from Ancient Greek Περσεφόνη (Persephónē) by metathesis. === Pronunciation === (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /pɾoseɾˈpina/ [pɾo.sɛɾˈpiː.n̪ɐ] Rhymes: -ina Syllabification: Pro‧ser‧pi‧na === Proper noun === Proserpina (Baybayin spelling ᜉ᜔ᜇᜓᜐᜒᜇ᜔ᜉᜒᜈ) (Roman mythology) Proserpina a female given name from Spanish [in turn from Latin] === Further reading === “Proserpina”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018