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proper noun · femininefirst declension

Clytaemnēstra

Clytaemnēstra f sg (genitive Clytaemnēstrae)
Classical[kly.tae̯mˈneːs.tra]Ecclesiastical[kli.temˈnɛs.tra]

Meaning

  1. GreekClytemnestra

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeClytaemnēstra—
genitiveClytaemnēstrae
Clytemnēstrae		—
dativeClytaemnēstrae
Clytemnēstrae		—
accusativeClytaemnēstram
Clytemnēstram		—
ablativeClytaemnēstrā—
vocativeClytaemnēstra—

Clўtaemnēstra (Clўtemnēstra, Liv. Andron. 11 Rib.; mutilated into Clў-temēstra, Cass. Hemin. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 7, 631; hence the second syllable short in Aus. Epit. Her. 1, 1, 4), ae, f., = Κλυταιμνήστρα,
I. the daughter of Tyndarus and Leda, and sister of Helen, Castor, and Pollux; wife of Agamemnon and mother of Orestes, Iphigenia, and Electra; she, with her paramour, Aegisthus, murdered her husband on his return from Troy, and was on that account put to death by her son Orestes, Hyg. Fab. 117 and 240; Serv. ad Verg. A. 2, 601; 3, 331; 4, 471; Auct. Her. 1, 10, 17; 1, 16, 21; Cic. Inv. 1, 13, 18; Ov. Am. 1, 7, 9; id. Nux, 26.—
II. As title of a tragedy of Attius, Cic. Off. 1, 31, 14; id. Fam. 7, 1, 2 al.—
B. Appellative for an unfaithful wife, Cael. ap. Quint. 8, 6, 53.

Origins

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Κλυταιμνήστρα (Klutaimnḗstra).

In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries

Biography & mythologyClytaemnestraClytaemnestra (Κλυταιμνήστρα), a daughter of Tyndareus and Leda, and sister of Castor, Timandra, and Philonoe, and half-sister of Polydeuces and Helen…

Quick answers

What does Clytaemnēstra mean in Latin?
Clytaemnēstra, a proper noun, means “Clytemnestra”.
What is the genitive of Clytaemnēstra?
The genitive singular is Clytaemnēstrae. Clytaemnēstra is feminine, first declension.
How do you pronounce Clytaemnēstra?
In classical Latin, [kly.tae̯mˈneːs.tra]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [kli.temˈnɛs.tra].