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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From μέλπω (mélpō, “to celebrate with song and dance”) + -θρον (-thron).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mél.pɛː.tʰra/ → /ˈmel.pi.θra/ → /ˈmel.pi.θra/
Noun
μέλπηθρᾰ • (mélpēthra) n pl (genitive μελπήθρων); second declension
- means of playing, plaything
Declension
Further reading
- “μέλπηθρα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “μέλπηθρα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “μέλπηθρα”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- μέλπηθρα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- μέλπηθρον in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “μέλπηθρα”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011