Μέλισσα

See also: μέλισσα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From μέλισσᾰ (mélissa, “bee”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /mé.lis.sa/ → /ˈme.lis.sa/ → /ˈme.li.sa/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /mé.lis.sa/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈme.lis.sa/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈme.lis.sa/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈme.lis.sa/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈme.li.sa/

Proper noun

Μέλισσᾰ • (Mélissa) f (genitive Μελίσσης); first declension

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Melissa

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Μέλισσᾰ; τῆς Μελίσσης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Μέλισσᾰ hē Mélissa
Genitive	τῆς Μελίσσης tês Melíssēs
Dative	τῇ Μελίσσῃ têi Melíssēi
Accusative	τὴν Μέλισσᾰν tḕn Mélissan
Vocative	Μέλισσᾰ Mélissa
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Μέλισσα (Mélissa)
• Latin: Melissa
• → Turkish: Melisa

References

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,017