Μυτιλήνη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Anatolian origin. Possibly related to Hittite [script needed] (Muwatalli).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /my.ti.lɛ̌ː.nɛː/ → /my.tiˈli.ni/ → /mi.tiˈli.ni/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /my.ti.lɛ̌ː.nɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /my.tiˈle̝.ne̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /my.tiˈli.ni/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /my.tiˈli.ni/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /mi.tiˈli.ni/

Proper noun

Μῠτῐλήνη • (Mutilḗnē) f (genitive Μῠτῐλήνης); first declension

1. the city of Mytilene, in Lesbos, Greece
2. the island, Lesbos

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Μῠτῐλήνη; τῆς Μῠτῐλήνης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Μῠτῐλήνη hē Mutilḗnē
Genitive	τῆς Μῠτῐλήνης tês Mutilḗnēs
Dative	τῇ Μῠτῐλήνῃ têi Mutilḗnēi
Accusative	τὴν Μῠτῐλήνην tḕn Mutilḗnēn
Vocative	Μῠτῐλήνη Mutilḗnē
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Μυτιληναῖος (Mutilēnaîos)

Descendants

• Greek: Μυτιλήνη (Mytilíni)
• Latin: Mytilene
• Ottoman Turkish: مدللی (Midilli)
  • Turkish: Midilli

Further reading

• “Μυτιλήνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Μυτιλήνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,018

Greek

Etymology

Inherited from Ancient Greek Μυτιλήνη (Mutilḗnē).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mi.tiˈli.ni/

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• Hyphenation: Μυ‧τι‧λή‧νη

Proper noun

Μυτιλήνη • (Mytilíni) f sg

1. Mytilene (main town on the island of Lesbos)
2. (figuratively) Mytilene, Lesbos (third largest island in Greece)

Declension

  Μυτιλήνη

case     \     number	singular
nominative	Μυτιλήνη •
genitive	Μυτιλήνης •
accusative	Μυτιλήνη •
vocative	Μυτιλήνη •

Synonyms

• Λέσβος f (Lésvos, “Lesbos”) (more formal)

Related terms

• Μυτιληνιός m (Mytiliniós, “male from Mytilene”)
• Μυτιληναίος m (Mytilinaíos, “male from Mytilene”), also male surname, feminine: Μυτιληναίου (Mytilinaíou)
• Μυτιληνιά f (Mytiliniá, “female from Mytilene”)
• Μυτιληναία f (Mytilinaía, “female from Mytilene”)
• μυτιληναίικος (mytilinaíikos) (adjective)
• μυτιληνιός (mytiliniós) (adjective)

Further reading

• Μυτιλήνη on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el