Μέγης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /mé.ɡɛːs/ → /ˈme.ʝis/ → /ˈme.ʝis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /mé.ɡɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈme.ɡe̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈme.ʝis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈme.ʝis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈme.ʝis/

Proper noun

Μέγης • (Mégēs) m (genitive Μέγητος); third declension

1. (Greek mythology) Meges, son of Phyleus and commander of the Epeii

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Μέγης; τοῦ Μέγητος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Μέγης ho Mégēs
Genitive	τοῦ Μέγητος toû Mégētos
Dative	τῷ Μέγητῐ tôi Mégēti
Accusative	τὸν Μέγητᾰ tòn Mégēta
Vocative	Μέγης Mégēs
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 *-ts.

Descendants

• Italian: Megete, Mege
• Russian: Мегет (Meget)

References

• “Μέγης”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• Μέγης in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Μέγης - ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ (since 2011) Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch) University of Chicago.