μέλπηθρα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From μέλπω (mélpō, “to celebrate with song and dance”) +‎ -θρον (-thron).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /mél.pɛː.tʰra/ → /ˈmel.pi.θra/ → /ˈmel.pi.θra/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /mél.pɛː.tʰra/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈmel.pe̝.tʰra/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈmel.pi.θra/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈmel.pi.θra/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈmel.pi.θra/

Noun

μέλπηθρᾰ • (mélpēthra) n pl (genitive μελπήθρων); second declension

1. means of playing, plaything

Declension

Second declension of τᾰ̀ μέλπηθρᾰ; τῶν μελπήθρων (Attic)

Case / #	Plural
Nominative	τᾰ̀ μέλπηθρᾰ tà mélpēthra
Genitive	τῶν μελπήθρων tôn melpḗthrōn
Dative	τοῖς μελπήθροις toîs melpḗthrois
Accusative	τᾰ̀ μέλπηθρᾰ tà mélpēthra
Vocative	μέλπηθρᾰ mélpēthra
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “μέλπηθρα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “μέλπηθρα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “μέλπηθρα”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• μέλπηθρα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• μέλπηθρον in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “μέλπηθρα”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011