μηλολόνθη
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Possibly from μῆλον (mêlon, “apple, fruit”) and verb ὄλλυμι (óllumi, “destroy”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /mɛː.lo.lón.tʰɛː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /me̝.loˈlon.tʰe̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /mi.loˈlon.θi/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /mi.loˈlon.θi/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /mi.loˈlon.θi/
Noun
μηλολόνθη • (mēlolónthē) f (genitive μηλολόνθης); first declension
- cockchafer (Melolontha melolontha)
Inflection
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ μηλολόνθη hē mēlolónthē |
τὼ μηλολόνθᾱ tṑ mēlolónthā |
αἱ μηλολόνθαι hai mēlolónthai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς μηλολόνθης tês mēlolónthēs |
τοῖν μηλολόνθαιν toîn mēlolónthain |
τῶν μηλολονθῶν tôn mēlolonthôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ μηλολόνθῃ têi mēlolónthēi |
τοῖν μηλολόνθαιν toîn mēlolónthain |
ταῖς μηλολόνθαις taîs mēlolónthais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν μηλολόνθην tḕn mēlolónthēn |
τὼ μηλολόνθᾱ tṑ mēlolónthā |
τᾱ̀ς μηλολόνθᾱς tā̀s mēlolónthās | ||||||||||
Vocative | μηλολόνθη mēlolónthē |
μηλολόνθᾱ mēlolónthā |
μηλολόνθαι mēlolónthai | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- Translingual: Melolontha
References
- “μηλολόνθη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- μηλολόνθη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette