μήλωθρον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From μῆλον (mêlon, “apple”) +‎ -θρον (-thron).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /mɛ̌ː.lɔː.tʰron/ → /ˈmi.lo.θron/ → /ˈmi.lo.θron/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /mɛ̌ː.lɔː.tʰron/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈme̝.lo.tʰron/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈmi.lo.θron/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈmi.lo.θron/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈmi.lo.θron/

Noun

μήλωθρον • (mḗlōthron) n (genitive μηλώθρου); second declension

1. Cretan bryony (Bryonia cretica)

   Synonym: ἄμπελος λευκή (ámpelos leukḗ)

2. dyed wool

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ μήλωθρον; τοῦ μηλώθρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ μήλωθρον tò mḗlōthron	τὼ μηλώθρω tṑ mēlṓthrō	τᾰ̀ μήλωθρᾰ tà mḗlōthra
Genitive	τοῦ μηλώθρου toû mēlṓthrou	τοῖν μηλώθροιν toîn mēlṓthroin	τῶν μηλώθρων tôn mēlṓthrōn
Dative	τῷ μηλώθρῳ tôi mēlṓthrōi	τοῖν μηλώθροιν toîn mēlṓthroin	τοῖς μηλώθροις toîs mēlṓthrois
Accusative	τὸ μήλωθρον tò mḗlōthron	τὼ μηλώθρω tṑ mēlṓthrō	τᾰ̀ μήλωθρᾰ tà mḗlōthra
Vocative	μήλωθρον mḗlōthron	μηλώθρω mēlṓthrō	μήλωθρᾰ mḗlōthra
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: mēlōthron
  • → Translingual: Melothria

Further reading

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