Μελέαγρος
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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From μέλω (mélō, “to concern, to be concerned”) + ᾰ̓γρός (agrós, “field”) or *ϝάγρος (wágros), cognate of Sanskrit वज्र (vájra, name of the Storm God's weapon)
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /me.lé.a.ɡros/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /meˈle.a.ɡros/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /meˈle.a.ɣros/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /meˈle.a.ɣros/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /meˈle.a.ɣros/
Proper noun
Μελέᾰγρος • (Meléagros) m (genitive Μελεᾰ́γρου); second declension
- a male given name: Meleager
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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| Nominative | ὁ Μελέᾰγρος ho Meléagros | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ Μελεᾰ́γρου toû Meleágrou | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ Μελεᾰ́γρῳ tôi Meleágrōi | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν Μελέᾰγρον tòn Meléagron | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Μελέᾰγρε Meléagre | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
References
- “Μελέαγρος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- “Μελέαγρος”, 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 1,017