proper noun · femininefirst declension
Arsinoē
Arsinoē f sg (genitive Arsinoēs)
Classical[arˈsɪ.no.eː]Ecclesiastical[arˈsiː.no.e]
Meaning
- Arsinoe I, a queen of Egypt
- Arsinoe IV of Egypt, sister of Cleopatra
- a port city of Egypt on the Red Sea
- historicalformer name of Crocodīlopolis; now Fayum (a city in Egypt)
- a city of Cyrenaica, now Taucheira
- a town on the northern side of Cyprus
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Arsinoē | — |
| genitive | Arsinoēs | — |
| dative | Arsinoae | — |
| accusative | Arsinoēn | — |
| ablative | Arsinoē | — |
| vocative | Arsinoē | — |
| locative | Arsinoēs | — |
Arsĭnŏē, ēs, and Arsĭnŏa, ae, f., = Ἀρσινόη.
I. Arsinoa, mother of the third Mercury, Cic. N. D. 3, 22, 57.—
II. Arsinoë, daughter of Ptolemy Lagus and Berenice, wife of king Lysimachus, afterwards of her brother Ptolemy Philadelphus, Just. 17, 1; 17, 2; 24, 2.—Hence, Arsĭnŏēum, i, n., the monument erected to her by the latter, Plin. 36, 9, 14, § 68.—
III. A daughter of Lysimachus, the first wife of Ptolemy Philadelphus; after her death worshipped as Venus Zephyritis, Plin. 34, 14, 42, § 148.—
IV. A daughter of Ptolemy Auletes, sister of Cleopatra, Auct. B. Alex. 4 and 33; Luc. 10, 521.—
V. One of the Hyades, Hyg. Fab. 182.—
VI. The name of several towns,
A. In Lower Egypt, Plin. 5, 9, 11, § 61.—
B. In Cyrenaica, Mel. 1, 8, 2; 3, 8, 7; Plin. 1, c.—
C. In Cilicia, Plin. 5, 27, 22, § 92.—Hence, Arsĭnŏē-tĭcus, a, um, adj., of or pertaining to Ar-sinoe:
aqua, Plin. 36, 22, 47, § 165.—D. A town on the north side of Cyprus, Plin. 5, 31, 35, § 130.
Origins
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ᾰ̓ρσῐνόη (Ărsĭnóē).
In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries
GeographyArsinoeArsinoe (Ἀρσινόη, Strab. p. 804; Plin. Nat. 5.11. s. 12, 6.29. s. 33; Steph. B. sub voce p. 126; Mart. Capell. 6.677: Eth. Ἀρσινοΐτης, or Eth. Ἀρσινοε…Biography & mythologyArsinoeArsinoe. 2. The daughter of Ptolemy I. and Berenice, born about B. C. 316, was married in B. C. 300 to Lysimachus, king of Thrace, who was then far ad…