μολύβδαινα

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

From μόλυβδος (mólubdos, “lead”) +‎ -αινᾰ (-aină).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

μολῠ́βδαινᾰ • (molŭ́bdaină) f (genitive μολῠ́βδαίνης); first declension

  1. piece of lead, used as the sink of a fishing line, a sinker
  2. plummet used in a mason's line
  3. (mineralogy) galena, lead sulphide
  4. leadwort (Plumbago europaea)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ μολῠ́βδαινᾰ; τῆς μολῠβδαίνης (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ μολῠ́βδαινᾰ
hē molŭ́bdaină 		τὼ μολῠβδαίνᾱ
tṑ molŭbdaínā 		αἱ μολῠ́βδαιναι
hai molŭ́bdainai
Genitive τῆς μολῠβδαίνης
tês molŭbdaínēs 		τοῖν μολῠβδαίναιν
toîn molŭbdaínain 		τῶν μολῠβδαινῶν
tôn molŭbdainôn
Dative τῇ μολῠβδαίνῃ
têi molŭbdaínēi 		τοῖν μολῠβδαίναιν
toîn molŭbdaínain 		ταῖς μολῠβδαίναις
taîs molŭbdaínais
Accusative τὴν μολῠ́βδαινᾰν
tḕn molŭ́bdainăn 		τὼ μολῠβδαίνᾱ
tṑ molŭbdaínā 		τᾱ̀ς μολῠβδαίνᾱς
tā̀s molŭbdaínās
Vocative μολῠ́βδαινᾰ
molŭ́bdaină 		μολῠβδαίνᾱ
molŭbdaínā 		μολῠ́βδαιναι
molŭ́bdainai
Notes:

Descendants

  • → Latin: molybdaena ⇒ molybdenum

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