proper noun · femininefirst declension
Īphigenīa
Īphigenīa f sg (genitive Īphigenīae)
Classical[iː.pʰɪ.ɡɛˈniː.a]Ecclesiastical[i.fi.d͡ʒeˈniː.a]
Meaning
- Iphigenia (a daughter of Agamemnon and Clytaemnestra, who, because her father had killed, in Aulis, a hart belonging to Artemis, was to be offered up by way of expiation; but the goddess put a hart in her place and conveyed her to the Tauric Chersonese, where she became a priestess of Artemis, and with her brother Orestes carried off Artemis’s image)
Iphigenia Aulide duci se immolandam iubet, ut hostium elicatur suo.
Iphigenia ordered herself to be conveyed to Aulis, to be sacrificed, that her blood might be the cause of spilling that of her enemies.106 BCE – 43 BCE, Cicero, Tusculanae Disputationes 1.116
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Īphigenīa | — |
| genitive | Īphigenīae | — |
| dative | Īphigenīae | — |
| accusative | Īphigenīan | — |
| ablative | Īphigenīā | — |
| vocative | Īphigenīa | — |
Īphĭgĕnīa, ae (Gr. acc. Iphigenian, Ov. P. 3, 2, 62), f., = Ἰφιγένεια,
I. Iphigenīa, a daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra, who, because her father had killed, in Aulis, a hart belonging to Diana, was to be offered up by way of expiation; but the goddess put a hart in her place and conveyed her to the Tauric Chersonese, where she became a priestess of Diana, and with her brother Orestes carried off Diana's image, Ov. M. 12, 27 sq.; Hyg. Fab. 98 and 120; Cic. Tusc. 1, 48, 146; Prop. 3, 7 (4, 6), 24; Juv. 12, 119.
Origins
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ῑ̓φῐγένειᾰ (Īphĭgéneiă).