Ἀγαμέμνων
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἀγα- (aga-, “very”) + μέμνων (mémnōn, “steadfast”). See μένω (ménō) and Μενέλαος (Menélaos).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /a.ɡa.mém.nɔːn/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /a.ɡaˈmɛm.non/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /a.ɣaˈmem.non/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /a.ɣaˈmem.non/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /a.ɣaˈmem.non/
Proper noun
Ἀγαμέμνων • (Agamémnōn) m (genitive Ἀγαμέμνονος); third declension
- A male given name, equivalent to English Agamemnon
- (mythology) Agamemnon, the king of Mycenae.
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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| Nominative | ὁ Ἀγαμέμνων ho Agamémnōn | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ Ἀγαμέμνονος toû Agamémnonos | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ Ἀγαμέμνονῐ tôi Agamémnoni | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν Ἀγαμέμνονᾰ tòn Agamémnona | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Ἀγάμεμνον Agámemnon | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
- Ἀγαμεμνόνειος (Agamemnóneios)
Descendants
- Greek: Αγαμέμνων (Agamémnon), Αγαμέμνονας (Agamémnonas)
- → Latin: Agamemnon
- → Old Armenian: Ագամեմնոն (Agamemnon)
- Armenian: Ագամեմնոն (Agamemnon)
References
- Ἀγαμέμνων in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Ἀγαμέμνων in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Ἀγαμέμνων in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- Ἀγαμέμνων in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2019)
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,000
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