Μέγαρα
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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From μέγᾰρον (mégaron).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /mé.ɡa.ra/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈme.ɡa.ra/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈme.ɣa.ra/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈme.ɣa.ra/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈme.ɣa.ra/
Proper noun
Μέγᾰρᾰ • (Mégara) n (genitive Μεγᾰ́ρων); second declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Plural | ||||||||||||
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| Nominative | τᾰ̀ Μέγᾰρᾰ tà Mégara | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τῶν Μεγᾰ́ρων tôn Megárōn | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τοῖς Μεγᾰ́ροις toîs Megárois | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τᾰ̀ Μέγᾰρᾰ tà Mégara | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Μέγᾰρᾰ Mégara | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
Related terms
- Μέγαρα Ὑβλαία (Mégara Hublaía)
Descendants
References
- “Μέγαρα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Μέγαρα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “Μέγαρα”, 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
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Μέγαρα (Mégara).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Μέγαρα • (Mégara) n pl
Declension
| plural | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Μέγαρα (Mégara) |
| genitive | Μεγάρων (Megáron) |
| accusative | Μέγαρα (Mégara) |
| vocative | Μέγαρα (Mégara) |
Derived terms
- Μεγαρίτης m (Megarítis, “male from Megara”)
- Μεγαρεύς m (Megaréfs, “male from Megara”) (formal)
- Μεγαρίτισσα f (Megarítissa, “female from Megara”)
- μεγαρίτικος (megarítikos) (adjective)
- μεγαρικός (megarikós) (adjective)
Further reading
Μέγαρα on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
