μηδαμοί

μηδαμοί

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From μηδὲ (mēdè) +‎ ἁμός (hamós).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /mɛː.da.mǒi̯/ → /mi.ðaˈmy/ → /mi.ðaˈmi/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /mɛː.da.mǒi̯/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /me̝.daˈmy/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /mi.ðaˈmy/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /mi.ðaˈmy/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /mi.ðaˈmi/

Pronoun

μηδᾰμοί • (mēdamoí) (feminine μηδᾰμαί, neuter μηδᾰμά)

1. (Ionic) not even one, none at all

   Synonyms: οὐδείς (oudeís), μηδείς (mēdeís)

Declension

Occurs only in the plural.

First and second declension of μηδᾰμοί; μηδᾰμαί; μηδᾰμᾰ́ (Ionic)

Number		Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		μηδᾰμοί mēdamoí	μηδᾰμαί mēdamaí	μηδᾰμᾰ́ mēdamá
Genitive		μηδᾰμῶν mēdamôn	μηδᾰμέων / μηδᾰμῶν mēdaméōn / mēdamôn	μηδᾰμῶν mēdamôn
Dative		μηδᾰμοῖσῐ / μηδᾰμοῖσῐν / μηδᾰμοῖς mēdamoîsi(n) / mēdamoîs	μηδᾰμῇσῐ / μηδᾰμῇσῐν mēdamêisi(n)	μηδᾰμοῖσῐ / μηδᾰμοῖσῐν / μηδᾰμοῖς mēdamoîsi(n) / mēdamoîs
Accusative		μηδᾰμούς mēdamoús	μηδᾰμᾱ́ς mēdamā́s	μηδᾰμᾰ́ mēdamá
Vocative		μηδᾰμοί mēdamoí	μηδᾰμαί mēdamaí	μηδᾰμᾰ́ mēdamá
Notes:		Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Derived terms

• μηδαμεῖ (mēdameî, “nowhere”)
• μηδαμῇ (mēdamêi, “in no wise, not at all”)
• μηδαμινός (mēdaminós, “good for nothing”)
• μηδαμόθεν (mēdamóthen, “from nowhere”)
• μηδαμόθι (mēdamóthi, “nowhere”)
• μηδαμοῖ (mēdamoî, “to nowhere”)
• μηδαμόσε (mēdamóse, “to nowhere”)
• μηδαμοῦ (mēdamoû, “nowhere”)
• μηδαμῶς (mēdamôs, “in no wise, not at all”)

 

Further reading

• μηδαμοί in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “μηδαμοί”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press