μείλιγμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From μειλῐ́σσω (meilíssō, “to make mild, soothe”) +‎ -μᾰ (-ma).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /měː.liŋ.ma/ → /ˈmi.liɣ.ma/ → /ˈmi.liɣ.ma/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /měː.liŋ.ma/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈmi.liɡ.ma/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈmi.liɣ.ma/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈmi.liɣ.ma/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈmi.liɣ.ma/

Noun

μείλῐγμᾰ • (meíligma) n (genitive μειλῐ́γμᾰτος); third declension

1. that which soothes
2. (in the plural) propitiatory offerings to the dead
3. darling, fondling
4. soothing song

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ μείλῐγμᾰ; τοῦ μειλῐ́γμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ μείλῐγμᾰ tò meíligma	τὼ μειλῐ́γμᾰτε tṑ meilígmate	τᾰ̀ μειλῐ́γμᾰτᾰ tà meilígmata
Genitive	τοῦ μειλῐ́γμᾰτος toû meilígmatos	τοῖν μειλῐγμᾰ́τοιν toîn meiligmátoin	τῶν μειλῐγμᾰ́των tôn meiligmátōn
Dative	τῷ μειλῐ́γμᾰτῐ tôi meilígmati	τοῖν μειλῐγμᾰ́τοιν toîn meiligmátoin	τοῖς μειλῐ́γμᾰσῐ / μειλῐ́γμᾰσῐν toîs meilígmasi(n)
Accusative	τὸ μείλῐγμᾰ tò meíligma	τὼ μειλῐ́γμᾰτε tṑ meilígmate	τᾰ̀ μειλῐ́γμᾰτᾰ tà meilígmata
Vocative	μείλῐγμᾰ meíligma	μειλῐ́γμᾰτε meilígmate	μειλῐ́γμᾰτᾰ meilígmata
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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