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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From the root of μελεδαίνω (meledaínō) and μέλω (mélō).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /me.lé.dɛː.ma/ → /meˈle.ði.ma/ → /meˈle.ði.ma/
Noun
μελέδημᾰ • (melédēmă) n (genitive μελέδημᾰτος); third declension
- care
- anxiety
Declension
Further reading
- “μελέδημα”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- μελέδημα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- μελέδημα in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “μελέδημα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press