μελέτη
See also: Μελέτη
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
Etymology
Related to μέλω (mélō).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /me.lé.tɛː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /meˈle.te̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /meˈle.ti/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /meˈle.ti/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /meˈle.ti/
Noun
μελέτη • (melétē) f (genitive μελέτης); first declension
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ μελέτη hē melétē |
τὼ μελέτᾱ tṑ melétā |
αἱ μελέται hai melétai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς μελέτης tês melétēs |
τοῖν μελέταιν toîn melétain |
τῶν μελετῶν tôn meletôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ μελέτῃ tēî melétēi |
τοῖν μελέταιν toîn melétain |
ταῖς μελέταις taîs melétais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν μελέτην tḕn melétēn |
τὼ μελέτᾱ tṑ melétā |
τᾱ̀ς μελέτᾱς tā̀s melétās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | μελέτη melétē |
μελέτᾱ melétā |
μελέται melétai | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- μελετάω (meletáō)
Descendants
- → Greek: μελέτη (meléti) (learned)
Further reading
- “μελέτη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “μελέτη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- μελέτη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- application idem, page 36.
- assiduity idem, page 46.
- attention idem, page 51.
- care idem, page 113.
- diligence idem, page 224.
- discipline idem, page 229.
- exercise idem, page 291.
- heed idem, page 394.
- pain idem, page 588.
- perseverance idem, page 607.
- practice idem, page 631.
- regard idem, page 686.
- rehearsal idem, page 688.
- sedulousness idem, page 748.
- training idem, page 887.
Greek
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Koine Greek μελέτη (melétē).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /meˈle.ti/
- Hyphenation: με‧λέ‧τη
Noun
μελέτη • (meléti) f (plural μελέτες)
- study (all senses)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | μελέτη (meléti) | μελέτες (melétes) |
| genitive | μελέτης (melétis) | μελετών (meletón) |
| accusative | μελέτη (meléti) | μελέτες (melétes) |
| vocative | μελέτη (meléti) | μελέτες (melétes) |
Related terms
References
- ^ μελέτη, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language