Ἀντιγόνη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ᾰ̓ντῐ- (ăntĭ-, “against; like; similar to”) +‎ γόνος (gónos, “offspring”) +‎ -η (-ē). May be interpreted as "similar to one's kin"; "worthy of one's ancestor".

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /an.ti.ɡó.nɛː/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /an.tiˈɡo.ne̝/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /an.tiˈɣo.ni/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /an.tiˈɣo.ni/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /an.diˈɣo.ni/

Proper noun

Ᾰ̓ντῐγόνη • (Ăntĭgónē) f (genitive Ᾰ̓ντῐγόνης); first declension

a female given name, equivalent to English Antigone
1. (Greek mythology) Antigone, the daughter of Oedipus and his mother Jocasta

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Ᾰ̓ντῐγόνη; τῆς Ᾰ̓ντῐγόνης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Ᾰ̓ντῐγόνη hē Ăntĭgónē
Genitive	τῆς Ᾰ̓ντῐγόνης tês Ăntĭgónēs
Dative	τῇ Ᾰ̓ντῐγόνῃ tēî Ăntĭgónēi
Accusative	τὴν Ᾰ̓ντῐγόνην tḕn Ăntĭgónēn
Vocative	Ᾰ̓ντῐγόνη Ăntĭgónē
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Related terms

Ἀντῐ́γονος (Antĭ́gonos)

Descendants

Greek: Αντιγόνη (Antigóni)
→ Latin: Antigone
- → Translingual: Antigone (learned)
→ Russian: Антиго́на (Antigóna)

References

Ἀντιγόνη in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,001