Penthesilea

From Ancient Greek Πενθεσίλεια (Penthesíleia, “she who causes men to mourn, suffer”), from πενθέω (penthéō, “to mourn, worry”), from πένθος (pénthos, “mourning”).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [pɛn.tʰɛ.sɪˈɫeː.a]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [pen̪.t̪e.s̬iˈlɛː.a]

Penthesilēa f sg (genitive Penthesilēae); first declension

1. (Greek mythology) A queen of the Amazons and daughter of Ares and Otrera

First-declension noun, singular only.

• “Penthesileia”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
• Penthesilea in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Lipschitz, Susan (2012): Tearing the Veil: Essays on Femininity, p. 110