Μερόη
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Borrowed from Meroitic 𐦨𐦡𐦷𐦡𐦥𐦢 (medewi /məɾəwi/).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /me.ró.ɛː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /meˈro.e̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /meˈro.i/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /meˈro.i/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /meˈro.i/
Proper noun
Μερόη • (Meróē) f (genitive Μερόης); first declension
- Meroe, Nubia, Sudan
Declension
First declension of ἡ Μερόη; τῆς Μερόης (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ Μερόη hē Meróē | ||||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς Μερόης tês Meróēs | ||||||||||||
Dative | τῇ Μερόῃ têi Meróēi | ||||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν Μερόην tḕn Meróēn | ||||||||||||
Vocative | Μερόη Meróē | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
- → Latin: Meroē
Further reading
- Μερόη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette