Μαίανδρος

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /mǎi̯.an.dros/ → /ˈmɛ.an.dros/ → /ˈme.an.dros/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /mǎi̯.an.dros/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈmɛ.an.dros/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈmɛ.an.dros/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈme.an.dros/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈme.an.dros/

Proper noun

Μαίανδρος • (Maíandros) m (genitive Μαιάνδρου); second declension

1. the river Maeander; the river Büyük Menderes

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Μαίανδρος; τοῦ Μαιάνδρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Μαίανδρος ho Maíandros
Genitive	τοῦ Μαιάνδρου toû Maiándrou
Dative	τῷ Μαιάνδρῳ tôi Maiándrōi
Accusative	τὸν Μαίανδρον tòn Maíandron
Vocative	Μαίανδρε Maíandre
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → English: Maeander; meander
• Greek: Μαίανδρος (Maíandros)
• Latin: Maeander, Maeandrus, Maeandros
• → Turkish: Menderes

Further reading

• “Μαίανδρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Μαίανδρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “Μαίανδρος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,016