μελέδημα
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From the root of μελεδαίνω (meledaínō) and μέλω (mélō).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /me.lé.dɛː.ma/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /meˈle.de̝.ma/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /meˈle.ði.ma/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /meˈle.ði.ma/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /meˈle.ði.ma/
Noun
μελέδημᾰ • (melédēmă) n (genitive μελέδημᾰτος); third declension
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ μελέδημᾰ tò melédēmă |
τὼ μελεδήμᾰτε tṑ meledḗmăte |
τᾰ̀ μελεδήμᾰτᾰ tằ meledḗmătă | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ μελεδήμᾰτος toû meledḗmătos |
τοῖν μελεδημᾰ́τοιν toîn meledēmắtoin |
τῶν μελεδημᾰ́των tôn meledēmắtōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ μελεδήμᾰτῐ tōî meledḗmătĭ |
τοῖν μελεδημᾰ́τοιν toîn meledēmắtoin |
τοῖς μελεδήμᾰσῐ / μελεδήμᾰσῐν toîs meledḗmăsĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ μελέδημᾰ tò melédēmă |
τὼ μελεδήμᾰτε tṑ meledḗmăte |
τᾰ̀ μελεδήμᾰτᾰ tằ meledḗmătă | ||||||||||
| Vocative | μελέδημᾰ melédēmă |
μελεδήμᾰτε meledḗmăte |
μελεδήμᾰτᾰ meledḗmătă | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “μελέδημα”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- μελέδημα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- μελέδημα in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “μελέδημα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press