μελίμηλον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From μέλι (méli, “honey”) + μῆλον (mêlon, “apple”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /me.lí.mɛː.lon/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /meˈli.me̝.lon/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /meˈli.mi.lon/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /meˈli.mi.lon/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /meˈli.mi.lon/
Noun
μελῐ́μηλον • (melĭ́mēlon) n (genitive μελῐμήλου); second declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ μελῐ́μηλον tò melĭ́mēlon |
τὼ μελῐμήλω tṑ melĭmḗlō |
τᾰ̀ μελῐ́μηλᾰ tằ melĭ́mēlă | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ μελῐμήλου toû melĭmḗlou |
τοῖν μελῐμήλοιν toîn melĭmḗloin |
τῶν μελῐμήλων tôn melĭmḗlōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ μελῐμήλῳ tōî melĭmḗlōi |
τοῖν μελῐμήλοιν toîn melĭmḗloin |
τοῖς μελῐμήλοις toîs melĭmḗlois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ μελῐ́μηλον tò melĭ́mēlon |
τὼ μελῐμήλω tṑ melĭmḗlō |
τᾰ̀ μελῐ́μηλᾰ tằ melĭ́mēlă | ||||||||||
| Vocative | μελῐ́μηλον melĭ́mēlon |
μελῐμήλω melĭmḗlō |
μελῐ́μηλᾰ melĭ́mēlă | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- → Latin: melimēlum
Further reading
- “μελίμηλον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- μελίμηλον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette