Μεγάρα
See also: Μέγαρα
Ancient Greek
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /me.ɡá.raː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /meˈɡa.ra/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /meˈɣa.ra/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /meˈɣa.ra/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /meˈɣa.ra/
Proper noun
Μεγᾰ́ρᾱ • (Megárā) f (genitive Μεγᾰ́ρᾱς); first declension
- Megara, wife of Heracles
Inflection
First declension of ἡ Μεγᾰ́ρᾱ; τῆς Μεγᾰ́ρᾱς (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ Μεγᾰ́ρᾱ hē Megárā | ||||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς Μεγᾰ́ρᾱς tês Megárās | ||||||||||||
Dative | τῇ Μεγᾰ́ρᾳ têi Megárāi | ||||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν Μεγᾰ́ρᾱν tḕn Megárān | ||||||||||||
Vocative | Μεγᾰ́ρᾱ Megárā | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
- Greek: Μεγάρα (Megára)
- Latin: Megara
References
- “Μεγάρα”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,016