Μεθώνη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /me.tʰɔ̌ː.nɛː/ → /meˈθo.ni/ → /meˈθo.ni/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /me.tʰɔ̌ː.nɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /meˈtʰo.ne̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /meˈθo.ni/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /meˈθo.ni/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /meˈθo.ni/

Proper noun

Μεθώνη • (Methṓnē) f (genitive Μεθώνης); first declension

1. Methoni (a village in Peloponnese, Greece)
2. (historical) Methone (an ancient city near present-day Methoni in Peloponnese, Greece)
3. Methoni (a village in Central Macedonia, Greece)
4. (historical) Methone (an ancient city-state near present-day Methoni in Central Macedonia, Greece)
5. (historical) Methone (an ancient city-state near present-day Ano Lechonia in Thessaly, Greece)
6. (historical) Former name of Μέθανα (Méthana), Methana (a city in Attica, Greece)
7. (Greek mythology) Methone (one of the Alkyonides)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Μεθώνη; τῆς Μεθώνης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Μεθώνη hē Methṓnē
Genitive	τῆς Μεθώνης tês Methṓnēs
Dative	τῇ Μεθώνῃ têi Methṓnēi
Accusative	τὴν Μεθώνην tḕn Methṓnēn
Vocative	Μεθώνη Methṓnē
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Μεθωναῖος (Methōnaîos)

Descendants

• Greek: Μεθώνη (Methóni)
• Latin: Methōnē
  • Dutch: Methone
  • English: Methone
  • French: Méthone
  • German: Methone
  • Italian: Metone
  • Spanish: Metone
• Venetian: Modon
  • Italian: Modone

References

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,017
• Μεθώνη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette