μελαινάς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From μέλαινα (mélaina, “black”) +‎ -ᾰ́ς (-ás).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /me.lai̯.nás/ → /me.lɛˈnas/ → /me.leˈnas/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /me.lai̯.nás/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /me.lɛˈnas/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /me.lɛˈnas/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /me.leˈnas/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /me.leˈnas/

Noun

μελαινᾰ́ς • (melainás) f (genitive μελαινᾰ́δος); third declension

1. kind of blackish fish

Declension

Third declension of ἡ μελαινᾰ́ς; τῆς μελαινᾰ́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ μελαινᾰ́ς hē melainás	τὼ μελαινᾰ́δε tṑ melaináde	αἱ μελαινᾰ́δες hai melainádes
Genitive	τῆς μελαινᾰ́δος tês melainádos	τοῖν μελαινᾰ́δοιν toîn melainádoin	τῶν μελαινᾰ́δων tôn melainádōn
Dative	τῇ μελαινᾰ́δῐ têi melainádi	τοῖν μελαινᾰ́δοιν toîn melainádoin	ταῖς μελαινᾰ́σῐ / μελαινᾰ́σῐν taîs melainási(n)
Accusative	τὴν μελαινᾰ́δᾰ tḕn melaináda	τὼ μελαινᾰ́δε tṑ melaináde	τᾱ̀ς μελαινᾰ́δᾰς tā̀s melainádas
Vocative	μελαινᾰ́ς melainás	μελαινᾰ́δε melaináde	μελαινᾰ́δες melainádes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Further reading

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