Μελάγχλαινοι
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From μελάγχλαινος (melánkhlainos, “black-cloaked”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /me.láŋ.kʰlai̯.noi̯/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /meˈlaŋ.kʰlɛ.ny/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /meˈlaŋ.xlɛ.ny/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /meˈlaŋ.xle.ny/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /meˈlaŋ.xle.ni/
Noun
Μελᾰ́γχλαινοι • (Melắnkhlainoi) m pl (genitive Μελᾰγχλαίνων); first declension
- Melanchlaeni, a Scythian tribe mentioned by Herodotus
Inflection
| Case / # | Plural | ||||||||||||
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| Nominative | οἱ Μελᾰ́γχλαινοι hoi Melắnkhlainoi | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τῶν Μελᾰγχλαίνων tôn Melănkhlaínōn | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τοῖς Μελᾰγχλαίνοις toîs Melănkhlaínois | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τοὺς Μελᾰγχλαίνους toùs Melănkhlaínous | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Μελᾰ́γχλαινοι Melắnkhlainoi | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
- → Latin: Melanchlaenī
Further reading
- “Μελάγχλαινοι”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Μελάγχλαινοι in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette