Μηκιστεύς
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From μήκῐστος (mḗkistos, “tallest, greatest”) + -εύς (-eús).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /mɛː.kis.těu̯s/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /me̝.kisˈtews/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /mi.cisˈteɸs/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /mi.cisˈtefs/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /mi.cisˈtefs/
Proper noun
Μηκῐστεύς • (Mēkisteús) m (genitive Μηκῐστέως); third declension
- (Greek mythology) Mecisteus, son of Talaus, brother of Adrastus and father of Euryalus
- (Greek mythology) Mecisteus, companion of Antilochus, slain by Polidamas
Inflection
Third declension of ὁ Μηκῐστεύς; τοῦ Μηκῐστέως (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ Μηκῐστεύς ho Mēkisteús | ||||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ Μηκῐστέως toû Mēkistéōs | ||||||||||||
Dative | τῷ Μηκῐστεῖ tôi Mēkisteî | ||||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν Μηκῐστέᾱ tòn Mēkistéā | ||||||||||||
Vocative | Μηκῐστεῦ Mēkisteû | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
- → Latin: Mēcisteus
Further reading
- “Μηκιστεύς”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- Μηκιστεύς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette