Penthesilea

• Penthesilia

Penthesilea

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

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