Furnée thinks it is a Semitic loan standing for *μαδαλκον (*madalkon), and compares בְּדֹלַח (bdólakh) and Akkadian 𒁉𒁺𒌨𒄷 (bidurḫu).
μᾰ́λδᾰκον • (máldakon) n (genitive μᾰλδᾰ́κου); second declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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| Nominative | τὸ μᾰ́λδᾰκον tò máldakon |
τὼ μᾰλδᾰ́κω tṑ maldákō |
τᾰ̀ μᾰ́λδᾰκᾰ tà máldaka | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ μᾰλδᾰ́κου toû maldákou |
τοῖν μᾰλδᾰ́κοιν toîn maldákoin |
τῶν μᾰλδᾰ́κων tôn maldákōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ μᾰλδᾰ́κῳ tôi maldákōi |
τοῖν μᾰλδᾰ́κοιν toîn maldákoin |
τοῖς μᾰλδᾰ́κοις toîs maldákois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ μᾰ́λδᾰκον tò máldakon |
τὼ μᾰλδᾰ́κω tṑ maldákō |
τᾰ̀ μᾰ́λδᾰκᾰ tà máldaka | ||||||||||
| Vocative | μᾰ́λδᾰκον máldakon |
μᾰλδᾰ́κω maldákō |
μᾰ́λδᾰκᾰ máldaka | ||||||||||
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