Μέλισσα
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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From μέλισσᾰ (mélissa, “bee”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /mé.lis.sa/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈme.lis.sa/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈme.lis.sa/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈme.lis.sa/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈme.li.sa/
Proper noun
Μέλισσᾰ • (Mélissa) f (genitive Μελίσσης); first declension
- a female given name, equivalent to English Melissa
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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| Nominative | ἡ Μέλισσᾰ hē Mélissa | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς Μελίσσης tês Melíssēs | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ Μελίσσῃ têi Melíssēi | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν Μέλισσᾰν tḕn Mélissan | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Μέλισσᾰ Mélissa | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
References
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,017