μηλολόνθη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Possibly from μῆλον (mêlon, “apple, fruit”) +‎ ὄλλυμι (óllumi, “destroy”). But rather from μῆλον (mêlon, “sheep”) +‎ ὄλυνθος (ólunthos, “wild fig”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /mɛː.lo.lón.tʰɛː/ → /mi.loˈlon.θi/ → /mi.loˈlon.θi/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /mɛː.lo.lón.tʰɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /me̝.loˈlon.tʰe̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /mi.loˈlon.θi/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /mi.loˈlon.θi/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /mi.loˈlon.θi/

Noun

μηλολόνθη • (mēlolónthē) f (genitive μηλολόνθης); first declension

1. cockchafer (Melolontha melolontha)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ μηλολόνθη; τῆς μηλολόνθης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ μηλολόνθη hē mēlolónthē	τὼ μηλολόνθᾱ tṑ mēlolónthā	αἱ μηλολόνθαι hai mēlolónthai
Genitive	τῆς μηλολόνθης tês mēlolónthēs	τοῖν μηλολόνθαιν toîn mēlolónthain	τῶν μηλολονθῶν tôn mēlolonthôn
Dative	τῇ μηλολόνθῃ têi mēlolónthēi	τοῖν μηλολόνθαιν toîn mēlolónthain	ταῖς μηλολόνθαις taîs mēlolónthais
Accusative	τὴν μηλολόνθην tḕn mēlolónthēn	τὼ μηλολόνθᾱ tṑ mēlolónthā	τᾱ̀ς μηλολόνθᾱς tā̀s mēlolónthās
Vocative	μηλολόνθη mēlolónthē	μηλολόνθᾱ mēlolónthā	μηλολόνθαι mēlolónthai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Translingual: Melolontha

Further reading

• “μηλολόνθη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• μηλολόνθη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette