μέλι

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[edit] Ancient Greek

[edit] Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *meli. Cognates include Latin mel, Gothic 𐌼𐌹𐌻𐌹𐌸 (miliþ), and possibly Old Armenian մեղր (mełr).

[edit] Pronunciation

  • (Classical): IPA: [méli]
  • (Koine): IPA: [mˈɛli]
  • (Byzantine): IPA: [mˈeli]

[edit] Noun

μέλι (genitive μέλιτος) n, third declension; (meli)

  1. honey
  2. anything sweet

[edit] Inflection

    Third declension of μέλῐ, μέλῐτος
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τό μέλῐ τώ μέλῐτε τά μέλῐτᾰ
Genitive τοῦ μέλῐτος τοῖν μελίτοιν τῶν μελίτων
Dative τῷ μέλῐτῐ τοῖν μελίτοιν τοῖς μελίσῐ(ν)
Accusative τό μέλῐ τώ μέλῐτε τά μέλῐτᾰ
Vocative μέλῐ μέλῐτε μέλῐτᾰ

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[edit] Usage notes

μέλι is also sometimes used as the dative singular.

[edit] References

[edit] Greek

[edit] Noun

μέλι

  1. honey
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