Μελανίππη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From μέλᾱς (mélās, “dark; black”) +‎ ἵππος (híppos, “horse”) +‎ -η (-ē).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /me.la.níp.pɛː/ → /me.laˈnip.pi/ → /me.laˈni.pi/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /me.la.níp.pɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /me.laˈnip.pe̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /me.laˈnip.pi/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /me.laˈnip.pi/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /me.laˈni.pi/

Proper noun

Μελᾰνῐ́ππη • (Melaníppē) f (genitive Μελᾰνῐ́ππης); first declension

1. a female given name: Melanippe

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Μελᾰνῐ́ππη; τῆς Μελᾰνῐ́ππης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Μελᾰνῐ́ππη hē Melaníppē
Genitive	τῆς Μελᾰνῐ́ππης tês Melaníppēs
Dative	τῇ Μελᾰνῐ́ππῃ têi Melaníppēi
Accusative	τὴν Μελᾰνῐ́ππην tḕn Melaníppēn
Vocative	Μελᾰνῐ́ππη Melaníppē
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Related terms

• Μελᾰ́νῐππος (Melánippos)

Descendants

• Greek: Μελανίππη (Melaníppi)
• Latin: Melanippē

Further reading

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,016