μελαινάς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From μέλαινα (mélaina, “black”) +‎ -ᾰ́ς (-ắs).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

μελαινᾰ́ς • (melainắs) f (genitive μελαινᾰ́δος); third declension

  1. kind of blackish fish

Declension

Third declension of ἡ μελαινᾰ́ς; τῆς μελαινᾰ́δος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ μελαινᾰ́ς
hē melainắs 		τὼ μελαινᾰ́δε
tṑ melainắde 		αἱ μελαινᾰ́δες
hai melainắdes
Genitive τῆς μελαινᾰ́δος
tês melainắdos 		τοῖν μελαινᾰ́δοιν
toîn melainắdoin 		τῶν μελαινᾰ́δων
tôn melainắdōn
Dative τῇ μελαινᾰ́δῐ
tēî melainắdĭ 		τοῖν μελαινᾰ́δοιν
toîn melainắdoin 		ταῖς μελαινᾰ́σῐ / μελαινᾰ́σῐν
taîs melainắsĭ(n)
Accusative τὴν μελαινᾰ́δᾰ
tḕn melainắdă 		τὼ μελαινᾰ́δε
tṑ melainắde 		τᾱ̀ς μελαινᾰ́δᾰς
tā̀s melainắdăs
Vocative μελαινᾰ́ς
melainắs 		μελαινᾰ́δε
melainắde 		μελαινᾰ́δες
melainắdes
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
  • Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

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