Μύκονος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

This etymology is Pre-Greek.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /mý.ko.nos/ → /ˈmy.ko.nos/ → /ˈmi.ko.nos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /mý.ko.nos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈmy.ko.nos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈmy.ko.nos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈmy.ko.nos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈmi.ko.nos/

Proper noun

Μῠ́κονος • (Múkonos) f (genitive Μῠκόνου); second declension

1. Mykonos, Cyclades, Greece

Inflection

Second declension of ἡ Μῠ́κονος; τῆς Μῠκόνου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Μῠ́κονος hē Múkonos
Genitive	τῆς Μῠκόνου tês Mukónou
Dative	τῇ Μῠκόνῳ têi Mukónōi
Accusative	τὴν Μῠ́κονον tḕn Múkonon
Vocative	Μῠ́κονε Múkone
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• English: Mykonos
• Greek: Μύκονος (Mýkonos)
• Latin: Myconos, Myconus

References

• “Μύκονος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Μύκονος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,017

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Μύκονος (Múkonos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmikonos/
• Hyphenation: Μύ‧κο‧νος

Proper noun

Μύκονος • (Mýkonos) f

1. Mykonos (Cycladian island)
2. Mykonos (main town and capital of the island)

Declension

  Μύκονος

case     \     number	singular
nominative	Μύκονος •
genitive	Μυκόνου •
accusative	Μύκονο •
vocative	Μύκονε •  Μύκονο •

Derived terms

• Μυκονιάτης m (Mykoniátis, “male Mykonian”)
• Μυκονιάτισσα f (Mykoniátissa, “female Mykonian”)
• μυκονιάτικος (mykoniátikos, “Myconian”) (adjective)

Further reading

• Μύκονος on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el