Μηκιστεύς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From μήκῐστος (mḗkistos, “tallest, greatest”) +‎ -εύς (-eús).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /mɛː.kis.těu̯s/ → /mi.cisˈteɸs/ → /mi.cisˈtefs/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /mɛː.kis.těu̯s/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /me̝.kisˈtews/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /mi.cisˈteɸs/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /mi.cisˈtefs/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /mi.cisˈtefs/

Proper noun

Μηκῐστεύς • (Mēkisteús) m (genitive Μηκῐστέως); third declension

1. (Greek mythology) Mecisteus, son of Talaus, brother of Adrastus and father of Euryalus
2. (Greek mythology) Mecisteus, companion of Antilochus, slain by Polidamas

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Μηκῐστεύς; τοῦ Μηκῐστέως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Μηκῐστεύς ho Mēkisteús
Genitive	τοῦ Μηκῐστέως toû Mēkistéōs
Dative	τῷ Μηκῐστεῖ tôi Mēkisteî
Accusative	τὸν Μηκῐστέᾱ tòn Mēkistéā
Vocative	Μηκῐστεῦ Mēkisteû
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: Mēcisteus

Further reading

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