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Ancient Greek
Etymology
Anatolian origin. Possibly related to Hittite (Muwatalli). Compare Ancient Greek Μοτύλου (Motúlou).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /my.ti.lɛ̌ː.nɛː/ → /my.tiˈli.ni/ → /mi.tiˈli.ni/
Proper noun
Μῠτῐλήνη • (Mutilḗnē) f (genitive Μῠτῐλήνης); first declension
- the city of Mytilene, in Lesbos, Greece
- the island, Lesbos
Inflection
Derived terms
Descendants
Further reading
- “Μυτιλήνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Μυτιλήνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,018
Greek
Etymology
Inherited from Ancient Greek Μυτιλήνη (Mutilḗnē).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mi.tiˈli.ni/
- Hyphenation: Μυ‧τι‧λή‧νη
Proper noun
Μυτιλήνη • (Mytilíni) f sg
- Mytilene (main town on the island of Lesbos)
- (figuratively) Mytilene, Lesbos (third largest island in Greece)
Declension
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singular
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nominative
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Μυτιλήνη (Mytilíni)
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genitive
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Μυτιλήνης (Mytilínis)
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accusative
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Μυτιλήνη (Mytilíni)
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vocative
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Μυτιλήνη (Mytilíni)
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Synonyms
- Λέσβος f (Lésvos, “Lesbos”) (more formal)
Further reading