μείλιγμα
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From μειλῐ́σσω (meilíssō, “to make mild, soothe”) + -μᾰ (-ma).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /měː.liŋ.ma/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈmi.liɡ.ma/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈmi.liɣ.ma/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈmi.liɣ.ma/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈmi.liɣ.ma/
Noun
μείλῐγμᾰ • (meíligma) n (genitive μειλῐ́γμᾰτος); third declension
- that which soothes
- (in the plural) propitiatory offerings to the dead
- darling, fondling
- soothing song
Inflection
Third declension of τὸ μείλῐγμᾰ; τοῦ μειλῐ́γμᾰτος (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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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 | μειλῐγμᾰ́τοιν meiligmátoin | τοῖς μειλῐ́γμᾰσῐ / μειλῐ́γμᾰσῐν toîs meilígmasi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ μείλῐγμᾰ tò meíligma | μειλῐ́γμᾰτε meilígmate | τᾰ̀ μειλῐ́γμᾰτᾰ tà meilígmata | ||||||||||
Vocative | μείλῐγμᾰ meíligma | μειλῐ́γμᾰτε meilígmate | μειλῐ́γμᾰτᾰ meilígmata | ||||||||||
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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