Persephone

Persephonë Perséphone English Alternative forms en Persephonë Etymology en ine-pro *pers- From en grc Περσεφόνη. Pronunciation en /pəˈsɛfəni/ RP en /pɚˈsɛfəniː/ US en en-us-Persephone.ogg US en LL-Q1860 (eng)-NaomiAmethyst-Persephone.wav US Proper noun thumb|right|230px|Triptolemus and Persephone (1) en Greek god A minor deity, the queen of the Underworld/Hades, and goddess of the seasons and vegetation. Originally named Kore/Core, she is the daughter of Zeus and Demeter; and the wife of Hades. Her Roman counterpart is Proserpina. en astronomy 399 Persephone, a main belt asteroid. en rare en female Ancient Greek. 2008, Gaynor McGrath, Lemniscate, Transit Lounge Publishing (2011), 9781921924149 (e-book), chapter 23, YoaBAOcc8xoC 376 Persephone: ‘My name is Persephone’ she says, ‘but in England everyone calls me Seph.’ en science fiction 1 The ninth or tenth planet, orbiting beyond Pluto. Derived terms en Persephonean Translations Greek goddess Albanian: sq Persefonía f Bengali: bn পার্সিফোন Breton: br Persefone Bulgarian: bg Персефона f Catalan: ca Persèfone f Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 珀耳塞福涅 Pò'ěrsāifúniè, cmn 普西芬尼 Pǔxīfēnní Coptic: cop ⲡⲉⲣⲥⲉⲫⲟⲛⲏ Czech: cs Persefona f Danish: da Persefone Dutch: nl Persephone Esperanto: eo Persefono Finnish: fi Persefone French: fr Perséphone f German: de Persephone Greek: el Περσεφόνη f Ancient Greek: grc Περσεφόνη f Hebrew: he פרספונה Hindi: hi पर्सेफ़ोनी Hungarian: hu Perszephoné Irish: ga Peirsifiné f, ga Peirséifiné f Italian: it Persefone Japanese: ja ペルセポネー Peruseponē Korean: ko 페르세포네 Latin: la Persephonē f Latvian: lv Persefone Lithuanian: lt Persefonė f Luxembourgish: lb Persephone Marathi: mr पर्सेफनी f Norwegian: no Persephone Polish: pl Persefona f Portuguese: pt Perséfone f Romanian: ro Persefona f Russian: ru Персефо́на f Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Персефона f Latin: sh Perzefona f Slovak: sk Persefona f Spanish: es Perséfone f Swedish: sv Persefone Thai: th เพอร์ซิโฟเน Turkish: tr Persephone Ukrainian: uk Персефо́на f female given name Albanian: sq Persefoní f, sq Persefonía f Bulgarian: bg Персефона f Greek: el Περσεφόνη f Marathi: mr पर्सेफनी f en Fictional planets Pluto Latin Etymology From the la grc Περσεφόνη. Pronunciation Persephonē Proper noun Persephonē<1> la Greek god en Persephone Greek goddess la transferred sense en Death personified Declension The regularized genitive Persephonae occurs in later Latin. Persephonē<1> Synonyms Persephone [Greek goddess] la Prōserpina Roman counterpart References Persĕphŏnē Persĕphŏnē 1,159/1 1 Persephonē 1,354/1 Portuguese Proper noun f Perséfone 11 43