Μελπομένη
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Ancient Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From the feminine mediopassive participle of μέλπω (mélpō, “to sing”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /mel.po.mé.nɛː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /mel.poˈme.ne̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /mel.poˈme.ni/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /mel.poˈme.ni/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /mel.poˈme.ni/
Proper noun
[edit]Μελπομένη • (Melpoménē) f (genitive Μελπομένης); first declension
Inflection
[edit]Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ Μελπομένη hē Melpoménē | ||||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς Μελπομένης tês Melpoménēs | ||||||||||||
Dative | τῇ Μελπομένῃ têi Melpoménēi | ||||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν Μελπομένην tḕn Melpoménēn | ||||||||||||
Vocative | Μελπομένη Melpoménē | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
[edit]- Latin: Melpomene
- English: Melpomene
- → Russian: Мельпоме́на (Melʹpoména)
See also
[edit]- (Greek mythology Muses) Muse; Καλλιόπη, Κλειώ, Ἐρατώ, Εὐτέρπη, Μελπομένη, Πολύμνια, Τερψιχόρη, Θάλεια, Οὐρανία
Further reading
[edit]- “Μελπομένη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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