Μάδυτος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /má.dy.tos/ → /ˈma.ðy.tos/ → /ˈma.ði.tos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /má.dy.tos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈma.dy.tos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈma.ðy.tos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈma.ðy.tos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈma.ði.tos/

Proper noun

Μᾰ́δῠτος • (Mádutos) m (genitive Μᾰδῠ́του); second declension

1. Madytus; Eceabat, Turkey

Usage notes

1. gender assumed
   • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 7.33.1:

     ἔστι δὲ τῆς Χερσονήσου τῆς ἐν Ἑλλησπόντῳ, Σηστοῦ τε πόλιος μεταξὺ καὶ Μαδύτου, ἀκτὴ παχέα

     ésti dè tês Khersonḗsou tês en Hellēspóntōi, Sēstoû te pólios metaxù kaì Madútou, aktḕ pakhéa

     • 1920 translation by A. D. Godley

       On the Chersonese, which is on the Hellespont, between the city of Sestus and Madytus there is a broad headland

   • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 9.120.4:

     ἐπὶ τὸν κολωνὸν τὸν ὑπὲρ Μαδύτου πόλιος

     epì tòn kolōnòn tòn hupèr Madútou pólios

     • 1920 translation by A. D. Godley

       to the hill above the town of Madytus

2. feminine gender ἡ Μάδυτος
   • 64 BCE – 24 CE, Strabo, Geography :

     Σηστὸς μὲν, Λεσβίων ἄποικος, καθὰ καὶ ἡ Μάδυτος, ὠς ὁ γεωγράφος φησί, Χερρονησία πόλις, Ἀβύδου διέχουσα σταδίους λ̅, ἐκ λιμένος εἰς λιμένα

     Sēstòs mèn, Lesbíōn ápoikos, kathà kaì hē Mádutos, ōs ho geōgráphos phēsí, Kherrhonēsía pólis, Abúdou diékhousa stadíous l̅, ek liménos eis liména

     • Translation by perseus.uchicago.edu

       Sestus, a colony of the Lesbians, as is also Madytus, as the Geographer says, is a Chersonesian city thirty stadia distant from Abydus, from harbor to harbor

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Μᾰ́δῠτος; τοῦ Μᾰδῠ́του (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Μᾰ́δῠτος ho Mádutos
Genitive	τοῦ Μᾰδῠ́του toû Madútou
Dative	τῷ Μᾰδῠ́τῳ tôi Madútōi
Accusative	τὸν Μᾰ́δῠτον tòn Máduton
Vocative	Μᾰ́δῠτε Mádute
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Μάδυτος (Mádytos) (feminine)
• Latin: Madytus

Further reading

• Μάδυτος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Μάδυτος.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈma.ði.tos/
• Hyphenation: Μά‧δυ‧τος

Proper noun

Μάδυτος • (Mádytos) f

1. Madytus (a town at the eastern tip of Thrace, later Eceabat of Turkey)

Declension

  Μάδυτος

case     \     number	singular
nominative	Μάδυτος •
genitive	Μαδύτου •
accusative	Μάδυτο •
vocative	Μάδυτε •  Μάδυτο •

Derived terms

• Νέα Μάδυτος f (Néa Mádytos, “New Madytos”)

See also

• Μάδυτος on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el