μυρμηδών

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From μύρμηξ (múrmēx, “ant”).

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Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /myr.mɛː.dɔ̌ːn/ → /myr.miˈðon/ → /mir.miˈðon/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /myr.mɛː.dɔ̌ːn/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /myr.me̝ˈdon/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /myr.miˈðon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /myr.miˈðon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /mir.miˈðon/

Noun

μῠρμηδών • (murmēdṓn) f (genitive μῠρμηδόνος); third declension

1. ant-nest

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ μῠρμηδών; τῆς μῠρμηδόνος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ μῠρμηδών hē murmēdṓn	τὼ μῠρμηδόνε tṑ murmēdóne	αἱ μῠρμηδόνες hai murmēdónes
Genitive	τῆς μῠρμηδόνος tês murmēdónos	τοῖν μῠρμηδόνοιν toîn murmēdónoin	τῶν μῠρμηδόνων tôn murmēdónōn
Dative	τῇ μῠρμηδόνῐ têi murmēdóni	τοῖν μῠρμηδόνοιν toîn murmēdónoin	ταῖς μῠρμηδόσῐ / μῠρμηδόσῐν taîs murmēdósi(n)
Accusative	τὴν μῠρμηδόνᾰ tḕn murmēdóna	τὼ μῠρμηδόνε tṑ murmēdóne	τᾱ̀ς μῠρμηδόνᾰς tā̀s murmēdónas
Vocative	μῠρμηδών murmēdṓn	μῠρμηδόνε murmēdóne	μῠρμηδόνες murmēdónes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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