μηκεδανός

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• μᾱκεδνός (mākednós)

Etymology

From μῆκος (mêkos, “length”) +‎ -δανός (-danós).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /mɛː.ke.da.nós/ → /mi.ce.ðaˈnos/ → /mi.ce.ðaˈnos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /mɛː.ke.da.nós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /me̝.ke.daˈnos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /mi.ce.ðaˈnos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /mi.ce.ðaˈnos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /mi.ce.ðaˈnos/

Adjective

μηκεδᾰνός • (mēkedanós) m (feminine μηκεδᾰνή, neuter μηκεδᾰνόν); first/second declension

1. long, tall, taper

Inflection

First and second declension of μηκεδᾰνός; μηκεδᾰνή; μηκεδᾰνόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		μηκεδᾰνός mēkedanós	μηκεδᾰνή mēkedanḗ	μηκεδᾰνόν mēkedanón		μηκεδᾰνώ mēkedanṓ	μηκεδᾰνᾱ́ mēkedanā́	μηκεδᾰνώ mēkedanṓ		μηκεδᾰνοί mēkedanoí	μηκεδᾰναί mēkedanaí	μηκεδᾰνᾰ́ mēkedaná
Genitive		μηκεδᾰνοῦ mēkedanoû	μηκεδᾰνῆς mēkedanês	μηκεδᾰνοῦ mēkedanoû		μηκεδᾰνοῖν mēkedanoîn	μηκεδᾰναῖν mēkedanaîn	μηκεδᾰνοῖν mēkedanoîn		μηκεδᾰνῶν mēkedanôn	μηκεδᾰνῶν mēkedanôn	μηκεδᾰνῶν mēkedanôn
Dative		μηκεδᾰνῷ mēkedanôi	μηκεδᾰνῇ mēkedanêi	μηκεδᾰνῷ mēkedanôi		μηκεδᾰνοῖν mēkedanoîn	μηκεδᾰναῖν mēkedanaîn	μηκεδᾰνοῖν mēkedanoîn		μηκεδᾰνοῖς mēkedanoîs	μηκεδᾰναῖς mēkedanaîs	μηκεδᾰνοῖς mēkedanoîs
Accusative		μηκεδᾰνόν mēkedanón	μηκεδᾰνήν mēkedanḗn	μηκεδᾰνόν mēkedanón		μηκεδᾰνώ mēkedanṓ	μηκεδᾰνᾱ́ mēkedanā́	μηκεδᾰνώ mēkedanṓ		μηκεδᾰνούς mēkedanoús	μηκεδᾰνᾱ́ς mēkedanā́s	μηκεδᾰνᾰ́ mēkedaná
Vocative		μηκεδᾰνέ mēkedané	μηκεδᾰνή mēkedanḗ	μηκεδᾰνόν mēkedanón		μηκεδᾰνώ mēkedanṓ	μηκεδᾰνᾱ́ mēkedanā́	μηκεδᾰνώ mēkedanṓ		μηκεδᾰνοί mēkedanoí	μηκεδᾰναί mēkedanaí	μηκεδᾰνᾰ́ mēkedaná
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		μηκεδᾰνῶς mēkedanôs				μηκεδᾰνώτερος mēkedanṓteros				μηκεδᾰνώτᾰτος mēkedanṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

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