μηλωτρίς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Ultimately from μήλη (mḗlē, “probe”).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

μηλωτρῐ́ς • (mēlōtrĭ́s) f (genitive μηλωτρῐ́δος); third declension

  1. instrument for probing, especially for cleaning the ears

Declension

Third declension of ἡ μηλωτρῐ́ς; τῆς μηλωτρῐ́δος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ μηλωτρῐ́ς
hē mēlōtrĭ́s 		τὼ μηλωτρῐ́δε
tṑ mēlōtrĭ́de 		αἱ μηλωτρῐ́δες
hai mēlōtrĭ́des
Genitive τῆς μηλωτρῐ́δος
tês mēlōtrĭ́dos 		τοῖν μηλωτρῐ́δοιν
toîn mēlōtrĭ́doin 		τῶν μηλωτρῐ́δων
tôn mēlōtrĭ́dōn
Dative τῇ μηλωτρῐ́δῐ
tēî mēlōtrĭ́dĭ 		τοῖν μηλωτρῐ́δοιν
toîn mēlōtrĭ́doin 		ταῖς μηλωτρῐ́σῐ / μηλωτρῐ́σῐν
taîs mēlōtrĭ́sĭ(n)
Accusative τὴν μηλωτρῐ́δᾰ
tḕn mēlōtrĭ́dă 		τὼ μηλωτρῐ́δε
tṑ mēlōtrĭ́de 		τᾱ̀ς μηλωτρῐ́δᾰς
tā̀s mēlōtrĭ́dăs
Vocative μηλωτρῐ́ς
mēlōtrĭ́s 		μηλωτρῐ́δε
mēlōtrĭ́de 		μηλωτρῐ́δες
mēlōtrĭ́des
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.

Derived terms

  • μηλωτρίδιον (mēlōtrídion)

Descendants

  • → Latin: mēlōtris

Further reading

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