μέλπηθρα
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From μέλπω (mélpō, “to celebrate with song and dance”) + -θρον (-thron).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /mél.pɛː.tʰra/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈmel.pe̝.tʰra/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈmel.pi.θra/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈmel.pi.θra/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈmel.pi.θra/
Noun
μέλπηθρᾰ • (mélpēthră) n pl (genitive μελπήθρων); second declension
Declension
| Case / # | Plural | ||||||||||||
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| Nominative | τᾰ̀ μέλπηθρᾰ tằ mélpēthră | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τῶν μελπήθρων tôn melpḗthrōn | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τοῖς μελπήθροις toîs melpḗthrois | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τᾰ̀ μέλπηθρᾰ tằ mélpēthră | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | μέλπηθρᾰ mélpēthră | ||||||||||||
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Further reading
- “μέλπηθρα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “μέλπηθρα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “μέλπηθρα”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- μέλπηθρα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- μέλπηθρον in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- μέλπηθρα, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011