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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From μετάμελος (metámelos) + -εια (-eia), from μέλω (mélō).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /me.ta.mé.leː.a/ → /me.taˈme.li.a/ → /me.taˈme.li.a/
Noun
μετᾰμέλειᾰ • (metaméleia) f (genitive μετᾰμελείᾱς); first declension
- change of purpose, regret, repentance
Declension
Further reading
- μεταμέλεια in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- “μεταμέλεια”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- change idem, page 123.
- compunction idem, page 154.
- contrition idem, page 170.
- penance idem, page 602.
- penitence idem, page 603.
- regret idem, page 687.
- remorse idem, page 693.
- repentance idem, page 696.
- ruefulness idem, page 724.
- searching idem, page 746.
- sorrow idem, page 795.
- twinge idem, page 903.