Μελέαγρος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From μέλω (mélō, “to concern, to be concerned”) +‎ ᾰ̓γρός (ăgrós, “field”) or *ϝάγρος (wágros), cognate of Sanskrit वज्र (vájra, name of the Storm God's weapon)

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /me.lé.a.ɡros/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /meˈle.a.ɡros/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /meˈle.a.ɣros/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /meˈle.a.ɣros/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /meˈle.a.ɣros/

Proper noun

Μελέᾰγρος • (Meléăgros) m (genitive Μελεᾰ́γρου); second declension

a male given name, Meleager

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Μελέᾰγρος; τοῦ Μελεᾰ́γρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Μελέᾰγρος ho Meléăgros
Genitive	τοῦ Μελεᾰ́γρου toû Meleắgrou
Dative	τῷ Μελεᾰ́γρῳ tōî Meleắgrōi
Accusative	τὸν Μελέᾰγρον tòn Meléăgron
Vocative	Μελέᾰγρε Meléăgre
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

English: Meleager
Greek: Μελέαγρος (Meléagros)

References

“Μελέαγρος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
“Μελέαγρος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,017