Statira

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Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Ancient Greek Στατείρα (Stateíra), itself from Old Iranian *Stātairā- or *Stātiyarā-.

Pronunciation[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Statīra f sg (genitive Statīrae); first declension

  1. The second wife of Alexander the Great and daughter of Darius III

Declension[edit]

First-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Statīra
Genitive Statīrae
Dative Statīrae
Accusative Statīram
Ablative Statīrā
Vocative Statīra

References[edit]

  • Statira”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray