A loanword of Pre-Greek origin[1] because no Indo-European cognates can be found, as plant names are more frequently borrowed and, particularly concerning this term, the medlar is native to the regions of Iran, southwest Asia and southeastern Europe and its Black Sea coasts so that it was unknown to the speakers of Proto-Indo-European and borrowing became necessary. Possibly a cognate to Proto-Kartvelian *sxmarṭl- (“medlar”) with metathesis of the initial consonants.
μέσπιλον • (méspilon) n (genitive μεσπίλου); second declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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| Nominative | τὸ μέσπῐλον tò méspilon |
τὼ μεσπῐ́λω tṑ mespílō |
τᾰ̀ μέσπῐλᾰ tà méspila | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ μεσπῐ́λου toû mespílou |
τοῖν μεσπῐ́λοιν toîn mespíloin |
τῶν μεσπῐ́λων tôn mespílōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ μεσπῐ́λῳ tôi mespílōi |
τοῖν μεσπῐ́λοιν toîn mespíloin |
τοῖς μεσπῐ́λοις toîs mespílois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ μέσπῐλον tò méspilon |
τὼ μεσπῐ́λω tṑ mespílō |
τᾰ̀ μέσπῐλᾰ tà méspila | ||||||||||
| Vocative | μέσπῐλον méspilon |
μεσπῐ́λω mespílō |
μέσπῐλᾰ méspila | ||||||||||
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