Μελίβοια

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /me.lí.boi̯.a/ → /meˈli.βy.a/ → /meˈli.vi.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /me.lí.boi̯.a/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /meˈli.by.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /meˈli.βy.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /meˈli.vy.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /meˈli.vi.a/

Proper noun

Μελίβοιᾰ • (Melíboia) f (genitive Μελῐβοίᾱς); first declension

1. Meliboea, Magnesia, Greece

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Μελίβοιᾰ; τῆς Μελιβοίᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Μελίβοιᾰ hē Melíboia
Genitive	τῆς Μελιβοίᾱς tês Meliboíās
Dative	τῇ Μελιβοίᾳ têi Meliboíāi
Accusative	τὴν Μελίβοιᾰν tḕn Melíboian
Vocative	Μελίβοιᾰ Melíboia
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: Meliboea

Further reading

• “Μελίβοια”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• Μελίβοια in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette