Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

proserpina

/proʊˈsɝpɪnə/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.61 in modern English

Syllables: pros-er-pina
IPA: /proʊˈsɝpɪnə/

14

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

The goddess of springtime, queen of the underworld and the wife of Pluto; the Roman equivalent of Persephone.

name

26 Proserpina, a main-belt asteroid.

name

A fictitious planet beyond Pluto.

Example Sentences

"Thou art more than the Gods who number the days of our temporal breath; / For these give labour and slumber; but thou, Proserpina, death."

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'.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: *pers-, Prōserpina, Περσεφόνη, Προσερπίνα, Προσερπίνη

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /proʊˈsɝpɪnə/
British English: /prəʊˈsɜːpɪnə/

Frequently Paired Words

Proserpine

Synonyms

26 Proserpina ㉖ ⯘

Questions

How do you pronounce proserpina?: The recorded pronunciation is /proʊˈsɝpɪnə/.
What does proserpina mean?: The goddess of springtime, queen of the underworld and the wife of Pluto; the Roman equivalent of Persephone.
Where does proserpina come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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