Ἀνδρομέδα

See also: Ανδρομέδα

Ancient Greek

Corinthian black-figure amphora from Cerveteri (Italy), 575–550 BC. Depicts the mythological figures Ἀνδρομέδα, Περσεύς and κῆτος.

Etymology

From ἀνήρ (anḗr, “man”) +‎ μέδω (médō, “rule over”) +‎ -η (-ē).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /an.dro.mé.daː/ → /an.droˈme.ða/ → /an.droˈme.ða/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /an.dro.mé.daː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /an.droˈme.da/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /an.droˈme.ða/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /an.droˈme.ða/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /an.droˈme.ða/

Proper noun

Ᾰ̓νδρομέδᾱ • (Ăndromédā) f (genitive Ᾰ̓νδρομέδᾱς); first declension

1. (Greek mythology) Andromeda
   1. (astronomy) the constellation Andromeda

Declension

First declension of ἡ Ᾰ̓νδρομέδᾱ; τῆς Ᾰ̓νδρομέδᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Ᾰ̓νδρομέδᾱ hē Ăndromédā
Genitive	τῆς Ᾰ̓νδρομέδᾱς tês Ăndromédās
Dative	τῇ Ᾰ̓νδρομέδᾳ tēî Ăndromédāi
Accusative	τὴν Ᾰ̓νδρομέδᾱν tḕn Ăndromédān
Vocative	Ᾰ̓νδρομέδᾱ Ăndromédā
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Greek: Ανδρομέδα (Androméda)
• → Latin: Andromeda

Further reading

• “Ἀνδρομέδα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Ἀνδρομέδα in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910), English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,001