μυροβλύτης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From μύρον (múron) +‎ βλύζω (blúzō) +‎ -της (-tēs).

Noun

μυροβλύτης • (muroblútēs) m (genitive μυροβλύτου); first declension (Koine)

1. myroblyte

Inflection

First declension of ὁ μυροβλύτης; τοῦ μυροβλύτου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ μυροβλύτης ho muroblútēs	τὼ μυροβλύτᾱ tṑ muroblútā	οἱ μυροβλύται hoi muroblútai
Genitive	τοῦ μυροβλύτου toû muroblútou	τοῖν μυροβλύταιν toîn muroblútain	τῶν μυροβλυτῶν tôn muroblutôn
Dative	τῷ μυροβλύτῃ tôi muroblútēi	τοῖν μυροβλύταιν toîn muroblútain	τοῖς μυροβλύταις toîs muroblútais
Accusative	τὸν μυροβλύτην tòn muroblútēn	τὼ μυροβλύτᾱ tṑ muroblútā	τοὺς μυροβλύτᾱς toùs muroblútās
Vocative	μυροβλύτᾰ muroblúta	μυροβλύτᾱ muroblútā	μυροβλύται muroblútai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Greek

Etymology

Inherited from Koine Greek μυροβλύτης (muroblútēs) (Late Koine & Medieval), from the ancient μῠ́ροPν) (múroPn)) + βλύ(ζω) (blú(zō)) + -της (-tis). The epithet for saint Demetrius, since the 11th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mi.ɾoˈvli.tis/
• Hyphenation: μυ‧ρο‧βλύ‧της

Noun

μυροβλύτης • (myrovlýtis) m (plural μυροβλύτες, feminine μυροβλύτισσα) (usually in the singular)

1. myroblyte

   άγιος Δημήτριος ο Μυροβλύτης ― ágios Dimítrios o Myrovlýtis ― saint Demetrius the Myroblyte

Usage notes

• As epithet of saints, used with capital first letter.

Declension

Declension of μυροβλύτης

	singular	plural
nominative	μυροβλύτης •	μυροβλύτες •
genitive	μυροβλύτη •	μυροβλυτών •
accusative	μυροβλύτη •	μυροβλύτες •
vocative	μυροβλύτη •	μυροβλύτες •
Usually in the singular. Formal genitive singular for the saint, Μυροβλύτου (Muroblútou).

Related terms

• μυρόβλυτος (myróvlytos)
• μυροβόλος (myrovólos)

• and see: μύρο n (mýro, “myrrh”) & the mediaeval verb μυροβλυτῶ (muroblutô)

See also

• μυροβλυσία f (muroblusía) (Medieval)

Further reading

• Dimitrakos, Dimitrios B. (²1964) Μέγα λεξικόν ὅλης τῆς Ἑλληνικῆς γλώσσης [Great Dictionary of the entire Greek Language] (in Greek), Athens: Hellenic Paideia 2nd edition in 15 vols. [1st edition 1930-1950 in 9 volumes] (abbreviations - of authors)