LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
proper noun · femininefirst declension

Ariadna

Ariadna f sg (genitive Ariadnae)
Classical[a.riˈan.na]Ecclesiastical[a.riˈad.na]

Meaning

  1. femininesingulara female given name from Ancient Greek

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeAriadna—
genitiveAriadnae—
dativeAriadnae—
accusativeAriadnam—
ablativeAriadnā—
vocativeAriadna—

Ărĭadna, ae (nom. Ariadna, Cat. 64, 54; Prop. 2, 3, 18; Ov. A. A. 3, 35:
I. Ariadne, Hyg. Fab. 255; 270: gen. ARIADNES, Corp. Inscr. 5, 3782: acc. Ariadnen, Hyg. Fab. 43; 224: abl. Ariadne, id. ib. 42), f., = Ἀριάδνη, daughter of Minos, king of Crete, who extricated Theseus from the Labyrinth, and accompanied him on his return to Greece, but was deserted by him at Naxos, where Bacchus fell in love with her and placed her crown as a constellation in the heavens, Ov. A. A. 3, 35 (cf. id. H. 10); id. F. 3, 462; Prop. 3, 17, 8; 2, 3, 18.—Also in prose, Mel. 2, 7, 12.—Hence, ărĭadnae-us, a, um, adj., = Ἀριαδναῖος, of or pertaining to Ariadne, Ariadnœan: sidus, Ov. F. 5, 346: corona, Manil. 5, 21.

Origins

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀριάδνη (Ariádnē).

Quick answers

What does Ariadna mean in Latin?
Ariadna, a proper noun, means “a female given name from Ancient Greek”.
What is the genitive of Ariadna?
The genitive singular is Ariadnae. Ariadna is feminine, first declension.
How do you pronounce Ariadna?
In classical Latin, [a.riˈan.na]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [a.riˈad.na].