Μεταγειτνιών

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Μετᾰγείτνιᾰ (Metageítnia, “wedding feast”), a festival in celebration of emigration. Ultimately from μετά (metá) +‎ γείτων (geítōn).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /me.ta.ɡeː.tni.ɔ̌ːn/ → /me.ta.ʝi.tniˈon/ → /me.ta.ʝi.tniˈon/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /me.ta.ɡeː.tni.ɔ̌ːn/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /me.ta.ɡi.tniˈon/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /me.ta.ʝi.tniˈon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /me.ta.ʝi.tniˈon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /me.ta.ʝi.tniˈon/

Proper noun

Μετᾰγειτνῐών • (Metageitniṓn) m (genitive Μετᾰγειτνῐῶνος); third declension

1. Metageitnion: the second month of the Attic calendar, corresponding to the lunar term around August and September

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Μετᾰγειτνῐών; τοῦ Μετᾰγειτνῐῶνος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Μετᾰγειτνῐών ho Metageitniṓn
Genitive	τοῦ Μετᾰγειτνῐῶνος toû Metageitniônos
Dative	τῷ Μετᾰγειτνῐῶνῐ tôi Metageitniôni
Accusative	τὸν Μετᾰγειτνῐῶνᾰ tòn Metageitniôna
Vocative	Μετᾰγειτνῐών Metageitniṓn
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Μεταγειτνιώνας (Metageitniónas)

References

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