Ancient Greek

• (4th AD Koine) IPA^(key): /polyxséni/

• (10th AD Byzantine) IPA^(key): /polykséni/

• (15th AD Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /polikséni/

Proper noun

Πολυξένη • ‎(Poluxénē) f ‎(genitive Πολυξένης); first declension

1. Polyxena

Inflection

Descendants

• Greek: Πολυξένη ‎(Polyxéni)
• Latin: Polyxena

References

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English-Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,023

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Πολυξένη ‎(Poluxénē).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /poliˈkseni/
• Hyphenation: Πο‧λυ‧ξέ‧νη

Proper noun

Πολυξένη • ‎(Polyxéni) f

1. Polyxena, daughter of King Priam.
2. A female given name
3. A saint whose feast day in the Greek Orthodox tradition is 23 September.

Declension

Related terms

• (pet forms) Ξένη, Ξένια