Μελέαγρος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From μέλω (mélō, “to concern, to be concerned”) +‎ ᾰ̓γρός (agrós, “field”) or *ϝάγρος (wágros), cognate of Sanskrit वज्र (vájra, name of the Storm God's weapon)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /me.lé.a.ɡros/ → /meˈle.a.ɣros/ → /meˈle.a.ɣros/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /me.lé.a.ɡros/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /meˈle.a.ɡros/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /meˈle.a.ɣros/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /meˈle.a.ɣros/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /meˈle.a.ɣros/

Proper noun

Μελέᾰγρος • (Meléagros) m (genitive Μελεᾰ́γρου); second declension

1. a male given name: Meleager

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Μελέᾰγρος; τοῦ Μελεᾰ́γρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Μελέᾰγρος ho Meléagros
Genitive	τοῦ Μελεᾰ́γρου toû Meleágrou
Dative	τῷ Μελεᾰ́γρῳ tôi Meleágrōi
Accusative	τὸν Μελέᾰγρον tòn Meléagron
Vocative	Μελέᾰγρε Meléagre
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• English: Meleager
• Greek: Μελέαγρος (Meléagros)

References

• “Μελέαγρος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• “Μελέαγρος”, 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 1,017