μέλλον
Ancient Greek edit
Pronunciation edit
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /mél.lon/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈmel.lon/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈmel.lon/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈmel.lon/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈme.lon/
Participle edit
μέλλον • (méllon)
- neuter nominative/accusative/vocative singular of μέλλων (méllōn)
Verb edit
μέλλον • (méllon)
- (Epic) first-person singular/third-person plural imperfect active indicative unaugmented of μέλλω (méllō)
Greek edit
Etymology edit
Originally the neuter gender of the adjective μέλλων (méllon).
Noun edit
μέλλον • (méllon) n (plural μέλλοντα)
- the future
- Ποιος ξέρει τι μας επιφυλάσσει το μέλλον!
- Poios xérei ti mas epifylássei to méllon!
- Who knows what the future holds for us!
- (by extension) a promising future
- Αυτή η εφεύρεση έχει μέλλον.
- Aftí i efévresi échei méllon.
- This invention has a future.