Μεγάρα

See also: μέγαρα and Μέγαρα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /me.ɡá.raː/ → /meˈɣa.ra/ → /meˈɣa.ra/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /me.ɡá.raː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /meˈɡa.ra/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /meˈɣa.ra/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /meˈɣa.ra/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /meˈɣa.ra/

Proper noun

Μεγᾰ́ρᾱ • (Megắrā) f (genitive Μεγᾰ́ρᾱς); first declension

1. Megara, wife of Heracles

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Μεγᾰ́ρᾱ; τῆς Μεγᾰ́ρᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Μεγᾰ́ρᾱ hē Megắrā
Genitive	τῆς Μεγᾰ́ρᾱς tês Megắrās
Dative	τῇ Μεγᾰ́ρᾳ têi Megắrāi
Accusative	τὴν Μεγᾰ́ρᾱν tḕn Megắrān
Vocative	Μεγᾰ́ρᾱ Megắrā
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Μεγάρα (Megára)
• Latin: Megara

References

• “Μεγάρα”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,016