"Κλυταιμνήστρα" meaning in Ancient Greek

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Proper name

IPA: /kly.tai̯m.nɛ̌ːs.traː/, /kly.tɛmˈnis.tra/, /kli.temˈnis.tra/, /kly.tai̯m.nɛ̌ːs.traː/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /kly.tɛmˈne̝s.tra/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /kly.tɛmˈnis.tra/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /kly.temˈnis.tra/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /kli.temˈnis.tra/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: From earlier Κλῠταιμήστρᾱ (Klutaimḗstrā), perhaps from κλῠτός (klutós, “celebrated”) + μήδομαι (mḗdomai, “to plan, be cunning”). Often mistakenly glossed as "famed for her suitors", based on the unrelated word μνάομαι (mnáomai, “to woo, court”). Etymology templates: {{m|grc|Κλῠταιμήστρᾱ}} Κλῠταιμήστρᾱ (Klutaimḗstrā), {{compound|grc|κλῠτός|μήδομαι|t1=celebrated|t2=to plan, be cunning}} κλῠτός (klutós, “celebrated”) + μήδομαι (mḗdomai, “to plan, be cunning”), {{m|grc|μνάομαι||to woo, court}} μνάομαι (mnáomai, “to woo, court”) Head templates: {{grc-proper noun|Κλῠταιμνήστρᾱς|f|first|head=Κλῠταιμνήστρᾱ}} Κλῠταιμνήστρᾱ • (Klutaimnḗstrā) f (genitive Κλῠταιμνήστρᾱς); first declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|Κλῠταιμνήστρᾱ|ᾱς|form=sing}} Forms: Κλῠταιμνήστρᾱ [canonical], Klutaimnḗstrā [romanization], Κλῠταιμνήστρᾱς [genitive], Attic declension-1 [table-tags], ἡ Κλῠταιμνήστρᾱ [nominative, singular], τῆς Κλῠταιμνήστρᾱς [genitive, singular], τῇ Κλῠταιμνήστρᾳ [dative, singular], τὴν Κλῠταιμνήστρᾱν [accusative, singular], Κλῠταιμνήστρᾱ [singular, vocative]
  1. a female given name: Clytemnestra Wikipedia link: Clytemnestra Categories (topical): Ancient Greek female given names, Ancient Greek given names

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