μήλωθρον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From μῆλον (mêlon, “apple”) + -θρον (-thron).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /mɛ̌ː.lɔː.tʰron/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈme̝.lo.tʰron/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈmi.lo.θron/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈmi.lo.θron/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈmi.lo.θron/
Noun
μήλωθρον • (mḗlōthron) n (genitive μηλώθρου); second declension
- Cretan bryony (Bryonia cretica)
- Synonym: ἄμπελος λευκή (ámpelos leukḗ)
- dyed wool
Inflection
Second declension of τὸ μήλωθρον; τοῦ μηλώθρου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ μήλωθρον tò mḗlōthron | τὼ μηλώθρω tṑ mēlṓthrō | τᾰ̀ μήλωθρᾰ tà mḗlōthra | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ μηλώθρου toû mēlṓthrou | τοῖν μηλώθροιν toîn mēlṓthroin | τῶν μηλώθρων tôn mēlṓthrōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ μηλώθρῳ tôi mēlṓthrōi | τοῖν μηλώθροιν toîn mēlṓthroin | τοῖς μηλώθροις toîs mēlṓthrois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ μήλωθρον tò mḗlōthron | τὼ μηλώθρω tṑ mēlṓthrō | τᾰ̀ μήλωθρᾰ tà mḗlōthra | ||||||||||
Vocative | μήλωθρον mḗlōthron | μηλώθρω mēlṓthrō | μήλωθρᾰ mḗlōthra | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- → Latin: mēlōthron
- → Translingual: Melothria
Further reading
- “μήλωθρον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- μήλωθρον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette