μηλάτης
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From μῆλον (mêlon, “sheep, goat”) + -της (-tēs, masculine agent-noun suffix).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /mɛː.lá.tɛːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /me̝ˈla.te̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /miˈla.tis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /miˈla.tis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /miˈla.tis/
Noun
μηλᾰ́της • (mēlắtēs) m (genitive μηλᾰ́του); first declension
- shepherd, herdsman
- Synonyms: μηλοφῠ́λᾰξ (mēlophŭ́lăx), ποιμήν (poimḗn)
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ μηλᾰ́της ho mēlắtēs |
τὼ μηλᾰ́τᾱ tṑ mēlắtā |
οἱ μηλᾰ́ται hoi mēlắtai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ μηλᾰ́του toû mēlắtou |
τοῖν μηλᾰ́ταιν toîn mēlắtain |
τῶν μηλᾰτῶν tôn mēlătôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ μηλᾰ́τῃ tōî mēlắtēi |
τοῖν μηλᾰ́ταιν toîn mēlắtain |
τοῖς μηλᾰ́ταις toîs mēlắtais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν μηλᾰ́την tòn mēlắtēn |
τὼ μηλᾰ́τᾱ tṑ mēlắtā |
τοὺς μηλᾰ́τᾱς toùs mēlắtās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | μηλᾰ́τᾰ mēlắtă |
μηλᾰ́τᾱ mēlắtā |
μηλᾰ́ται mēlắtai | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “μηλάτης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- μηλάτης in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette