Μέλισσα

See also: μέλισσα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From μέλισσᾰ (mélissă, “bee”).

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Μέλισσᾰ • (Mélissă) f (genitive Μελίσσης); first declension

  1. a female given name, equivalent to English Melissa

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Μέλισσᾰ; τῆς Μελίσσης (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ἡ Μέλισσᾰ
hē Mélissă
Genitive τῆς Μελίσσης
tês Melíssēs
Dative τῇ Μελίσσῃ
tēî Melíssēi
Accusative τὴν Μέλισσᾰν
tḕn Mélissăn
Vocative Μέλισσᾰ
Mélissă
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • Greek: Μέλισσα (Mélissa)
  • Latin: Melissa
  • → Turkish: Melisa

References

  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,017
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