Μέλισσα

See also: μελίσσα and μέλισσα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Μέλῐττᾰ (Mélĭttă) — Attic

Etymology

From μέλῐσσᾰ (mélĭssă, “bee”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /mé.lis.sa/ → /ˈme.lis.sa/ → /ˈme.li.sa/

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

Proper noun

Μέλῐσσᾰ • (Mélĭssă) f (genitive Μελῐ́σσης); first declension

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Melissa

Declension

First declension of ἡ Μέλῐσσᾰ; τῆς Μελῐ́σσης (Ionic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Μέλῐσσᾰ hē Mélĭssă
Genitive	τῆς Μελῐ́σσης tês Melĭ́ssēs
Dative	τῇ Μελῐ́σσῃ tēî Melĭ́ssēi
Accusative	τὴν Μέλῐσσᾰν tḕn Mélĭssăn
Vocative	Μέλῐσσᾰ Mélĭssă
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Descendants

• Greek: Μέλισσα (Mélissa)
  • → Turkish: Melisa
• → Latin: Melissa

References

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910), English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,017