Proserpina en · PROPN
Pronunciation
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- /prəʊˈsɜːpɪnə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /proʊˈsɝpɪnə/ (General-American)
Etymology
From Latin Prōserpina from Ancient Greek Περσεφόνη (Persephónē) by metathesis perhaps first in Magna Graecia via a Sicilian Doric Greek Προσερπίνα (Proserpína) or Ionic Greek Προσερπίνη (Proserpínē), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *pers-o- (“sheaf of corn, grain, seed”) and *gʷʰn̥-t- (“to strike”), meaning 'grain-thresher' or 'She-who-threshes-the-grain'.
Meanings
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(Roman) The goddess of springtime, queen of the underworld and the wife of Pluto; the Roman equivalent of Persephone.
Thou art more than the Gods who number the days of our temporal breath; / For these give labour and slumber; but thou, Proserpina, death.
1866, Algernon Charles Swinburne, “Hymn to Proserpine”, in Poems and Ballads, London: J. C. Hotten, page 84:
- 26 Proserpina, a main-belt asteroid.
- A fictitious planet beyond Pluto.
Relateds
Synonyms
⯘ · 26 Proserpina · ㉖
Translations (1)
cmn 冥后星 (Asteroid)