μηλωτρίς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Ultimately from μήλη (mḗlē, “probe”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /mɛː.lɔː.trís/ → /mi.loˈtris/ → /mi.loˈtris/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /mɛː.lɔː.trís/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /me̝.loˈtris/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /mi.loˈtris/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /mi.loˈtris/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /mi.loˈtris/

Noun

μηλωτρῐ́ς • (mēlōtrís) f (genitive μηλωτρῐ́δος); third declension

1. instrument for probing, especially for cleaning the ears

Declension

Third declension of ἡ μηλωτρῐ́ς; τῆς μηλωτρῐ́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ μηλωτρῐ́ς hē mēlōtrís	τὼ μηλωτρῐ́δε tṑ mēlōtríde	αἱ μηλωτρῐ́δες hai mēlōtrídes
Genitive	τῆς μηλωτρῐ́δος tês mēlōtrídos	τοῖν μηλωτρῐ́δοιν toîn mēlōtrídoin	τῶν μηλωτρῐ́δων tôn mēlōtrídōn
Dative	τῇ μηλωτρῐ́δῐ têi mēlōtrídi	τοῖν μηλωτρῐ́δοιν toîn mēlōtrídoin	ταῖς μηλωτρῐ́σῐ / μηλωτρῐ́σῐν taîs mēlōtrísi(n)
Accusative	τὴν μηλωτρῐ́δᾰ tḕn mēlōtrída	τὼ μηλωτρῐ́δε tṑ mēlōtríde	τᾱ̀ς μηλωτρῐ́δᾰς tā̀s mēlōtrídas
Vocative	μηλωτρῐ́ς mēlōtrís	μηλωτρῐ́δε mēlōtríde	μηλωτρῐ́δες mēlōtrídes
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.

Derived terms

• μηλωτρίδιον (mēlōtrídion)

Descendants

• → Latin: mēlōtris

Further reading

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