Κασμέναι
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
Etymology
Uncertain. The first element could possibly be derived from
- *ḱes- (“to cut”) (whence also Latin castum);
- *ḱens- (“to speak in a florid, solemn style, attest, witness”) (whence Latin carmen, from *kans-men, and Latin Ca(s)mēnae (“goddesses of childbirth, wells and fountains, and also prophetic deities”)). See also Ancient Greek κῶμος (kômos).
The second could derive from
- the feminine equivalent of *ménos (“mind, force”), from *men- (“to think”) (cfr. Ancient Greek Ῑ̓δομένη (Īdoménē));
- the feminine mediopassive participle *m̥h₁n-éh₂ (cfr. Ancient Greek ἐρωμένη (erōménē)).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kaz.mé.nai̯/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /kazˈme.nɛ/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /kazˈme.nɛ/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /kazˈme.ne/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /kazˈme.ne/
Proper noun
Κασμέναι • (Kasménai) f (genitive Κασμένῶν); first declension
- an ancient city and colony in Sicily, founded by Syracusans in 644 BC, located on the Hyblaean Mountains, nearby current Buscemi
Inflection
| Case / # | Plural | ||||||||||||
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| Nominative | αἱ Κασμέναι hai Kasménai | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τῶν Κασμενῶν tôn Kasmenôn | ||||||||||||
| Dative | ταῖς Κασμέναις taîs Kasménais | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τᾱ̀ς Κασμένᾱς tā̀s Kasménās | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Κασμέναι Kasménai | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
- Κασμεναῖος (Kasmenaîos)
Descendants
See also
References
- Κασμέναι in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette