μαχλοσύνη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From μάχλος (mákhlos, “lewd, lustful”) +‎ -σῠ́νη (-súnē).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ma.kʰlo.sý.nɛː/ → /ma.xloˈsy.ni/ → /ma.xloˈsi.ni/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ma.kʰlo.sý.nɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ma.kʰloˈsy.ne̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ma.xloˈsy.ni/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ma.xloˈsy.ni/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ma.xloˈsi.ni/

Noun

μᾰχλοσῠ́νη • (makhlosúnē) f (genitive μᾰχλοσῠ́νης); first declension

1. (especially of women) lewdness, lust

Inflection

First declension of ἡ μᾰχλοσῠ́νη; τῆς μᾰχλοσῠ́νης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ μᾰχλοσῠ́νη hē makhlosúnē	τὼ μᾰχλοσῠ́νᾱ tṑ makhlosúnā	αἱ μᾰχλοσῠ́ναι hai makhlosúnai
Genitive	τῆς μᾰχλοσῠ́νης tês makhlosúnēs	τοῖν μᾰχλοσῠ́ναιν toîn makhlosúnain	τῶν μᾰχλοσῠνῶν tôn makhlosunôn
Dative	τῇ μᾰχλοσῠ́νῃ têi makhlosúnēi	τοῖν μᾰχλοσῠ́ναιν toîn makhlosúnain	ταῖς μᾰχλοσῠ́ναις taîs makhlosúnais
Accusative	τὴν μᾰχλοσῠ́νην tḕn makhlosúnēn	τὼ μᾰχλοσῠ́νᾱ tṑ makhlosúnā	τᾱ̀ς μᾰχλοσῠ́νᾱς tā̀s makhlosúnās
Vocative	μᾰχλοσῠ́νη makhlosúnē	μᾰχλοσῠ́νᾱ makhlosúnā	μᾰχλοσῠ́ναι makhlosúnai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “μαχλοσύνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “μαχλοσύνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• μαχλοσύνη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette