Μεθώνη
Ancient Greek
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /me.tʰɔ̌ː.nɛː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /meˈtʰo.ne̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /meˈθo.ni/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /meˈθo.ni/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /meˈθo.ni/
Proper noun
Μεθώνη • (Methṓnē) f (genitive Μεθώνης); first declension
- Methone, one of the Alkyonides in Greek mythology
- Methone or Methoni, the name of multiple settlements
Inflection
First declension of ἡ Μεθώνη; τῆς Μεθώνης (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ Μεθώνη hē Methṓnē | ||||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς Μεθώνης tês Methṓnēs | ||||||||||||
Dative | τῇ Μεθώνῃ têi Methṓnēi | ||||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν Μεθώνην tḕn Methṓnēn | ||||||||||||
Vocative | Μεθώνη Methṓnē | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
- Μεθωναῖος (Methōnaîos)
Descendants
- Greek: Μεθώνη (Methóni)
- Latin: Methōnē
- Venetian: Modon
References
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,017
- Μεθώνη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette