μήλωθρον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From μῆλον (mêlon, “apple”) + -θρον (-thron).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /mɛ̌ː.lɔː.tʰron/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈme̝.lo.tʰron/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈmi.lo.θron/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈmi.lo.θron/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈmi.lo.θron/
Noun
μήλωθρον • (mḗlōthron) n (genitive μηλώθρου); second declension
- Cretan bryony (Bryonia cretica)
- Synonym: ἄμπελος λευκή (ámpelos leukḗ)
- dyed wool
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ μήλωθρον tò mḗlōthron |
τὼ μηλώθρω tṑ mēlṓthrō |
τᾰ̀ μήλωθρᾰ tằ mḗlōthră | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ μηλώθρου toû mēlṓthrou |
τοῖν μηλώθροιν toîn mēlṓthroin |
τῶν μηλώθρων tôn mēlṓthrōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ μηλώθρῳ tōî mēlṓthrōi |
τοῖν μηλώθροιν toîn mēlṓthroin |
τοῖς μηλώθροις toîs mēlṓthrois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ μήλωθρον tò mḗlōthron |
τὼ μηλώθρω tṑ mēlṓthrō |
τᾰ̀ μήλωθρᾰ tằ mḗlōthră | ||||||||||
| Vocative | μήλωθρον mḗlōthron |
μηλώθρω mēlṓthrō |
μήλωθρᾰ mḗlōthră | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- → Latin: mēlōthron
- → Translingual: Melothria
Further reading
- “μήλωθρον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- μήλωθρον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette