Μυτιλήνη
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Ancient Greek
Etymology
Anatolian origin. Possibly related to Hittite (Muwatalli). Compare Ancient Greek Μοτύλου (Motúlou).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /my.ti.lɛ̌ː.nɛː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /my.tiˈle̝.ne̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /my.tiˈli.ni/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /my.tiˈli.ni/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /mi.tiˈli.ni/
Proper noun
Μῠτῐλήνη • (Mutilḗnē) f (genitive Μῠτῐλήνης); first declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ Μῠτῐλήνη hē Mutilḗnē | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς Μῠτῐλήνης tês Mutilḗnēs | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ Μῠτῐλήνῃ têi Mutilḗnēi | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν Μῠτῐλήνην tḕn Mutilḗnēn | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Μῠτῐλήνη Mutilḗnē | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
- Μυτιληναῖος (Mutilēnaîos)
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
Proper noun
Μυτιλήνη • (Mytilíni) f sg
- Mytilene (main town on the island of Lesbos)
- (figuratively) Mytilene, Lesbos (third largest island in Greece)
Declension
Μυτιλήνη
| case \ number | singular |
|---|---|
| nominative | Μυτιλήνη • |
| genitive | Μυτιλήνης • |
| accusative | Μυτιλήνη • |
| vocative | Μυτιλήνη • |
Synonyms
- Λέσβος f (Lésvos, “Lesbos”) (more formal)
Related terms
- Μυτιληνιός m (Mytiliniós, “male from Mytilene”)
- Μυτιληναίος m (Mytilinaíos, “male from Mytilene”), also male surname, feminine: Μυτιληναίου (Mytilinaíou)
- Μυτιληνιά f (Mytiliniá, “female from Mytilene”)
- Μυτιληναία f (Mytilinaía, “female from Mytilene”)
- μυτιληναίικος (mytilinaíikos) (adjective)
- μυτιληνιός (mytiliniós) (adjective)
Further reading
Μυτιλήνη on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
