"Iphigenia" meaning in All languages combined

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Proper name [English]

IPA: /ˌɪfɪd͡ʒɪˈnaɪə/, /ˌɪfɪˈd͡ʒiːnɪə/
Rhymes: -aɪə Etymology: From Ancient Greek Ῑ̓φιγένεια (Īphigéneia). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|grc|Ῑ̓φιγένεια}} Ancient Greek Ῑ̓φιγένεια (Īphigéneia) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Iphigenia
  1. (Greek mythology) The daughter of Agamemnon and Clytaemnestra, who is sacrificed by her father to ensure the safe journey of the Greeks to Troy. Wikipedia link: Iphigenia Tags: Greek Categories (topical): Greek mythology Synonyms: Iphigeneia Translations (Greek mythological figure): Ῑ̓φιγένεια (Īphigéneia) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), Իփիգենիա (Ipʻigenia) (Armenian), Iphigénie [feminine] (French), Iphigenie [feminine] (German), Ιφιγένεια (Ifigéneia) [feminine] (Greek), Ifigenia [feminine] (Italian), Īphigenīa [feminine] (Latin), Իփիւգենիա (Ipʻiwgenia) (Old Armenian), Ifigenia [feminine] (Polish), Ifigênia [feminine] (Portuguese), Ифиге́ния (Ifigénija) [feminine] (Russian), Ifigenia [feminine] (Spanish), Ifigenia [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-Iphigenia-en-name-GjZDa4ro Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: human-sciences, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, sciences

Proper name [Latin]

IPA: /iː.pʰi.ɡeˈniː.a/ [Classical], [iːpʰɪɡɛˈniːä] [Classical], /i.fi.d͡ʒeˈni.a/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [ifid͡ʒeˈniːä] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From Ancient Greek Ῑ̓φῐγένειᾰ (Īphigéneia). Etymology templates: {{bor|la|grc|Ῑ̓φῐγένειᾰ}} Ancient Greek Ῑ̓φῐγένειᾰ (Īphigéneia) Head templates: {{la-proper noun|Īphigenīa<1>|acc_sg=Īphigenīan|footnote=Greek type accusative in -an.}} Īphigenīa f sg (genitive Īphigenīae); first declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|Īphigenīa<1>|acc_sg=Īphigenīan|footnote=Greek type accusative in -an.}} Forms: Īphigenīa [canonical, feminine, singular], Īphigenīae [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], Īphigenīa [nominative, singular], Īphigenīae [genitive, singular], Īphigenīae [dative, singular], Īphigenīan [accusative, singular], Īphigenīā [ablative, singular], Īphigenīa [singular, vocative]
  1. Iphigenia (a daughter of Agamemnon and Clytaemnestra, who, because her father had killed, in Aulis, a hart belonging to Artemis, was to be offered up by way of expiation; but the goddess put a hart in her place and conveyed her to the Tauric Chersonese, where she became a priestess of Artemis, and with her brother Orestes carried off Artemis’s image) Tags: declension-1
    Sense id: en-Iphigenia-la-name-LsDrG0w4 Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin feminine nouns in the first declension

Alternative forms

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        "Latin feminine nouns in the first declension",
        "Latin first declension nouns",
        "Latin lemmas",
        "Latin proper nouns",
        "Latin terms borrowed from Ancient Greek",
        "Latin terms derived from Ancient Greek",
        "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Iphigenia (a daughter of Agamemnon and Clytaemnestra, who, because her father had killed, in Aulis, a hart belonging to Artemis, was to be offered up by way of expiation; but the goddess put a hart in her place and conveyed her to the Tauric Chersonese, where she became a priestess of Artemis, and with her brother Orestes carried off Artemis’s image)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Iphigenia",
          "Iphigenia#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/iː.pʰi.ɡeˈniː.a/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[iːpʰɪɡɛˈniːä]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i.fi.d͡ʒeˈni.a/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ifid͡ʒeˈniːä]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Iphigenia"
}

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