Μεταγειτνιών
Ancient Greek
editEtymology
editFrom Μετᾰγείτνιᾰ (Metageítnia, “wedding feast”), a festival in celebration of emigration. Ultimately from μετά (metá) + γείτων (geítōn).
Pronunciation
edit- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /me.ta.ɡeː.tni.ɔ̌ːn/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /me.ta.ɡi.tniˈon/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /me.ta.ʝi.tniˈon/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /me.ta.ʝi.tniˈon/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /me.ta.ʝi.tniˈon/
Proper noun
editΜετᾰγειτνῐών • (Metageitniṓn) m (genitive Μετᾰγειτνῐῶνος); third declension
- Metageitnion: the second month of the Attic calendar, corresponding to the lunar term around August and September
Inflection
editCase / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ Μετᾰγειτνῐών ho Metageitniṓn | ||||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ Μετᾰγειτνῐῶνος toû Metageitniônos | ||||||||||||
Dative | τῷ Μετᾰγειτνῐῶνῐ tôi Metageitniôni | ||||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν Μετᾰγειτνῐῶνᾰ tòn Metageitniôna | ||||||||||||
Vocative | Μετᾰγειτνῐών Metageitniṓn | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
edit- Greek: Μεταγειτνιώνας (Metageitniónas)
References
edit- “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
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- Ancient Greek compound terms
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- Ancient Greek masculine proper nouns
- Ancient Greek third-declension proper nouns
- Ancient Greek masculine proper nouns in the third declension
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