Μολοσσός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /mo.los.sós/ → /mo.losˈsos/ → /mo.loˈsos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /mo.los.sós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /mo.losˈsos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /mo.losˈsos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /mo.losˈsos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /mo.loˈsos/

Proper noun

Μολοσσός • (Molossós) m (genitive Μολοσσοῦ); second declension

1. Molossus

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Μολοσσός; τοῦ Μολοσσοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Μολοσσός ho Molossós
Genitive	τοῦ Μολοσσοῦ toû Molossoû
Dative	τῷ Μολοσσῷ tôi Molossôi
Accusative	τὸν Μολοσσόν tòn Molossón
Vocative	Μολοσσέ Molossé
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Noun

Μολοσσός • (Molossós) m (genitive Μολοσσοῦ); second declension

1. a Molossian
2. an inhabitant of Molossia

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Μολοσσός; τοῦ Μολοσσοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ Μολοσσός ho Molossós	τὼ Μολοσσώ tṑ Molossṓ	οἱ Μολοσσοί hoi Molossoí
Genitive	τοῦ Μολοσσοῦ toû Molossoû	τοῖν Μολοσσοῖν toîn Molossoîn	τῶν Μολοσσῶν tôn Molossôn
Dative	τῷ Μολοσσῷ tôi Molossôi	τοῖν Μολοσσοῖν toîn Molossoîn	τοῖς Μολοσσοῖς toîs Molossoîs
Accusative	τὸν Μολοσσόν tòn Molossón	τὼ Μολοσσώ tṑ Molossṓ	τοὺς Μολοσσούς toùs Molossoús
Vocative	Μολοσσέ Molossé	Μολοσσώ Molossṓ	Μολοσσοί Molossoí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Μολοσσικός (Molossikós)
• Μολοσσία (Molossía)

Descendants

• Greek: Μολοσσός (Molossós)
• Latin: Molossus

References

• “Μολοσσός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Μολοσσός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “Μολοσσός”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,017