μυρμηκολέων

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From μύρμηξ (múrmēx, “ant”) +‎ λέων (léōn, “lion”).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

μυρμηκολέων • (murmēkoléōn) m (genitive μῠρμηκολέοντος); third declension

  1. antlion

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ μῠρμηκολέων; τοῦ μῠρμηκολέοντος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ μῠρμηκολέων
ho mŭrmēkoléōn 		τὼ μῠρμηκολέοντε
tṑ mŭrmēkoléonte 		οἱ μῠρμηκολέοντες
hoi mŭrmēkoléontes
Genitive τοῦ μῠρμηκολέοντος
toû mŭrmēkoléontos 		τοῖν μῠρμηκολεόντοιν
toîn mŭrmēkoleóntoin 		τῶν μῠρμηκολεόντων
tôn mŭrmēkoleóntōn
Dative τῷ μῠρμηκολέοντῐ
tōî mŭrmēkoléontĭ 		τοῖν μῠρμηκολεόντοιν
toîn mŭrmēkoleóntoin 		τοῖς μῠρμηκολέουσῐ / μῠρμηκολέουσῐν
toîs mŭrmēkoléousĭ(n)
Accusative τὸν μῠρμηκολέοντᾰ
tòn mŭrmēkoléontă 		τὼ μῠρμηκολέοντε
tṑ mŭrmēkoléonte 		τοὺς μῠρμηκολέοντᾰς
toùs mŭrmēkoléontăs
Vocative μῠρμηκολέον
mŭrmēkoléon 		μῠρμηκολέοντε
mŭrmēkoléonte 		μῠρμηκολέοντες
mŭrmēkoléontes
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • Translingual: Myrmeleon
  • → Old Armenian: մրջիւնառիւծ (mrǰiwnaṙiwc) (calque)

Further reading

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