Μηλίς

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Μᾱλῐ́ς (Mālís) — Doric

Etymology

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Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /mɛː.lís/ → /miˈlis/ → /miˈlis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /mɛː.lís/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /me̝ˈlis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /miˈlis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /miˈlis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /miˈlis/

Proper noun

Μηλῐ́ς • (Mēlís) f (genitive Μηλῐ́δος); third declension

1. Malis

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ Μηλῐ́ς; τῆς Μηλῐ́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Μηλῐ́ς hē Mēlís
Genitive	τῆς Μηλῐ́δος tês Mēlídos
Dative	τῇ Μηλῐ́δῐ têi Mēlídi
Accusative	τὴν Μηλῐ́δᾰ tḕn Mēlída
Vocative	Μηλῐ́ς Mēlís
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.

Related terms

• Μηλῐεύς (Mēlieús)
• Μηλῐᾰκός (Mēliakós)

Descendants

• Greek: Μηλίς (Milís); Μηλίδα (Milída)
• Latin: Malis

References

• “Μηλιεύς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Μηλίς”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,016