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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From μειλῐ́σσω (meilíssō, “to make mild, soothe”) + -μᾰ (-ma).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /měː.liŋ.ma/ → /ˈmi.liɣ.ma/ → /ˈmi.liɣ.ma/
Noun
μείλῐγμᾰ • (meíligma) n (genitive μειλῐ́γμᾰτος); third declension
- that which soothes
- (in the plural) propitiatory offerings to the dead
- darling, fondling
- soothing song
Inflection
Further reading
- “μείλιγμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “μείλιγμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “μείλιγμα”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- μείλιγμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- μειλίγμα in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963