μελέδημα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From the root of μελεδαίνω (meledaínō) and μέλω (mélō).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /me.lé.dɛː.ma/ → /meˈle.ði.ma/ → /meˈle.ði.ma/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /me.lé.dɛː.ma/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /meˈle.de̝.ma/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /meˈle.ði.ma/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /meˈle.ði.ma/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /meˈle.ði.ma/

Noun

μελέδημᾰ • (melédēma) n (genitive μελέδημᾰτος); third declension

1. care
2. anxiety

Declension

Third declension of τὸ μελέδημᾰ; τοῦ μελεδήμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ μελέδημᾰ tò melédēma	τὼ μελεδήμᾰτε tṑ meledḗmate	τᾰ̀ μελεδήμᾰτᾰ tà meledḗmata
Genitive	τοῦ μελεδήμᾰτος toû meledḗmatos	τοῖν μελεδημᾰ́τοιν toîn meledēmátoin	τῶν μελεδημᾰ́των tôn meledēmátōn
Dative	τῷ μελεδήμᾰτῐ tôi meledḗmati	τοῖν μελεδημᾰ́τοιν toîn meledēmátoin	τοῖς μελεδήμᾰσῐ / μελεδήμᾰσῐν toîs meledḗmasi(n)
Accusative	τὸ μελέδημᾰ tò melédēma	τὼ μελεδήμᾰτε tṑ meledḗmate	τᾰ̀ μελεδήμᾰτᾰ tà meledḗmata
Vocative	μελέδημᾰ melédēma	μελεδήμᾰτε meledḗmate	μελεδήμᾰτᾰ meledḗmata
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “μελέδημα”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• μελέδημα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• μελέδημα in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “μελέδημα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press