Μελάγχλαινοι

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From μελάγχλαινος (melánkhlainos, “black-cloaked”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /me.láŋ.kʰlai̯.noi̯/ → /meˈlaŋ.xlɛ.ny/ → /meˈlaŋ.xle.ni/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /me.láŋ.kʰlai̯.noi̯/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /meˈlaŋ.kʰlɛ.ny/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /meˈlaŋ.xlɛ.ny/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /meˈlaŋ.xle.ny/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /meˈlaŋ.xle.ni/

Noun

Μελᾰ́γχλαινοι • (Melánkhlainoi) m pl (genitive Μελᾰγχλαίνων); first declension

1. Melanchlaeni, a Scythian tribe mentioned by Herodotus

Inflection

Second declension of οἱ Μελᾰ́γχλαινοι; τῶν Μελᾰγχλαίνων (Attic)

Case / #	Plural
Nominative	οἱ Μελᾰ́γχλαινοι hoi Melánkhlainoi
Genitive	τῶν Μελᾰγχλαίνων tôn Melankhlaínōn
Dative	τοῖς Μελᾰγχλαίνοις toîs Melankhlaínois
Accusative	τοὺς Μελᾰγχλαίνους toùs Melankhlaínous
Vocative	Μελᾰ́γχλαινοι Melánkhlainoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: Melanchlaenī

Further reading

• “Μελάγχλαινοι”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Μελάγχλαινοι in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette