Τισιφόνη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From τίσις (tísis, “payment, punishment, vengeance”) +‎ φόνος (phónos, “murder”), literally “avenging murder”.

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Τῐσῐφόνη • (Tĭsĭphónē) f (genitive Τῐσῐφόνης); first declension

  1. (Greek mythology, Roman mythology) Tisiphone (one of the Erinyes/Dirae, and a companion of Nemesis/Invidia)

Declension

First declension of ἡ Τῐσῐφόνη; τῆς Τῐσῐφόνης (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ἡ Τῐσῐφόνη
hē Tĭsĭphónē
Genitive τῆς Τῐσῐφόνης
tês Tĭsĭphónēs
Dative τῇ Τῐσῐφόνῃ
tēî Tĭsĭphónēi
Accusative τὴν Τῐσῐφόνην
tḕn Tĭsĭphónēn
Vocative Τῐσῐφόνη
Tĭsĭphónē
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • Greek: Τισιφόνη (Tisifóni)
  • Latin: Tisiphone
  • → English: Tisiphone
  • → French: Tisiphone
  • → Italian: Tisifone
  • → Portuguese: Tisífone
  • → Spanish: Tisífone
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