Μελίτη

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

Apparently from μέλι (méli, “honey”) +‎ -η (-ē, “-a: forming feminine place names”), although its use for the island of Malta is considered uncertain. Some scholars consider it to represent the importance of the islands' indigenous bees and their output. Others consider it a transcription of Phoenician 𐤌𐤋𐤈 (mlṭ, “Grand Harbor, Cospicua”), from 𐤌𐤋𐤈 (mlṭ, “refuge, port”), reapplied first to the island and then, after its Roman conquest, to its capital via Latin Melita. See Wikipedia's articles on Melite and Malta.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /me.lí.tɛː/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /meˈli.te̝/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /meˈli.ti/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /meˈli.ti/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /meˈli.ti/

Proper noun

Μελῐ́τη • (Melítē) f (genitive Μελῐ́της); first declension

Malta (an island in the Mediterranean Sea, Malta)
Mdina (a city on the island of Malta, Malta)
Mljet (an island in the Adriatic Sea, Croatia)

Declension

First declension of ἡ Μελῐ́τη; τῆς Μελῐ́της (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Μελῐ́τη hē Melítē
Genitive	τῆς Μελῐ́της tês Melítēs
Dative	τῇ Μελῐ́τῃ têi Melítēi
Accusative	τὴν Μελῐ́την tḕn Melítēn
Vocative	Μελῐ́τη Melítē
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

Μελῐταῖον n (Melitaîon, noun)
Μελῐτεύς (Meliteús, adjective)
Μελῐτήϊος (Melitḗïos, adjective)

Descendants

→ Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܡܝܼܠܹܛܵܐ (mīleṭa)
→ French: Mélitè
→ Latin: Melite
- English: Melite
Latin: Melita, Melitē, Malta
- → Arabic: مَالِطَا (māliṭā)
  - Maltese: Malta (see there for further descendants)
  - → Ottoman Turkish: مالطه (malta)
    - Turkish: Malta
  - → South Levantine Arabic: مالطا (mālṭa)
- English: Melita
- → Proto-Slavic: *Mьlětъ
  - Serbo-Croatian: Mljet
    - → English: Mljet
    - → Greek: Μλιετ (Mliet)
- Venetan: Meleda
  - → Italian: Meleda
    - → English: Meleda (obsolete)

Further reading

Μελίτη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette

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