μελίκρατον

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • μελῐ́κρητον (melĭ́krēton) — Ionic

Etymology

From μέλι (méli, “honey”) +‎ κεράννῡμι (keránnūmi, “to mix, mingle”).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

μελῐ́κρᾱτον • (melĭ́krāton) n (genitive μελῐκρᾱ́του); second declension

  1. drink of honey and milk offered as a libation to the powers of the netherworld
  2. sort of mixture of water and honey

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ μελῐ́κρᾱτον; τοῦ μελῐκρᾱ́του (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ μελῐ́κρᾱτον
tò melĭ́krāton 		τὼ μελῐκρᾱ́τω
tṑ melĭkrā́tō 		τᾰ̀ μελῐ́κρᾱτᾰ
tằ melĭ́krātă
Genitive τοῦ μελῐκρᾱ́του
toû melĭkrā́tou 		τοῖν μελῐκρᾱ́τοιν
toîn melĭkrā́toin 		τῶν μελῐκρᾱ́των
tôn melĭkrā́tōn
Dative τῷ μελῐκρᾱ́τῳ
tōî melĭkrā́tōi 		τοῖν μελῐκρᾱ́τοιν
toîn melĭkrā́toin 		τοῖς μελῐκρᾱ́τοις
toîs melĭkrā́tois
Accusative τὸ μελῐ́κρᾱτον
tò melĭ́krāton 		τὼ μελῐκρᾱ́τω
tṑ melĭkrā́tō 		τᾰ̀ μελῐ́κρᾱτᾰ
tằ melĭ́krātă
Vocative μελῐ́κρᾱτον
melĭ́krāton 		μελῐκρᾱ́τω
melĭkrā́tō 		μελῐ́κρᾱτᾰ
melĭ́krātă
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • → Latin: melicrātum

Further reading

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