μέδιμνος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *med- (“to measure”) and cognate with Ancient Greek μέδομαι (médomai, “to provide for”), Latin modus (“measure; manner”) and Proto-Germanic *mētō (“measure”). According to Beekes, from Pre-Greek because of the presence of the cluster "-μν-".

Pronunciation

 

Noun

μέδιμνος • (médimnos) m (genitive μεδίμνου); second declension

  1. corn measure, bushel
  2. (in Magna Graecia) pipe of a fountain

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ μέδιμνος; τοῦ μεδίμνου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ μέδιμνος
ho médimnos 		τὼ μεδίμνω
tṑ medímnō 		οἱ μέδιμνοι
hoi médimnoi
Genitive τοῦ μεδίμνου
toû medímnou 		τοῖν μεδίμνοιν
toîn medímnoin 		τῶν μεδίμνων
tôn medímnōn
Dative τῷ μεδίμνῳ
tōî medímnōi 		τοῖν μεδίμνοιν
toîn medímnoin 		τοῖς μεδίμνοις
toîs medímnois
Accusative τὸν μέδιμνον
tòn médimnon 		τὼ μεδίμνω
tṑ medímnō 		τοὺς μεδίμνους
toùs medímnous
Vocative μέδιμνε
médimne 		μεδίμνω
medímnō 		μέδιμνοι
médimnoi
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Classical Syriac: ܡܐܕܝܡܢܘܣ
  • → English: medimnos
  • → Gandhari: 𐨨𐨁𐨫𐨁𐨨 (milima)
  • → Latin: medimnus, medimnum
  • → Ottoman Turkish: مادمنون (mademnun)

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