Μηλιεύς

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Μᾱλῐεύς (Mālĭeús) — Doric

Etymology

From Μηλῐ́ς (Mēlĭ́s) +‎ -εύς (-eús, demonymic suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /mɛː.li.ěu̯s/ → /mi.liˈeɸs/ → /mi.liˈefs/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /mɛː.li.ěu̯s/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /me̝.liˈews/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /mi.liˈeɸs/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /mi.liˈefs/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /mi.liˈefs/

Noun

Μηλῐεύς • (Mēlĭeús) m (genitive Μηλῐῶς); third declension

1. a Malian
2. an inhabitant of Malis

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Μηλῐεύς; τοῦ Μηλῐέως (contracted, Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ Μηλῐεύς ho Mēlĭeús	τὼ Μηλῐῆ tṑ Mēlĭê	οἱ Μηλῐῆς / Μηλῐεῖς hoi Mēlĭês / Mēlĭeîs
Genitive	τοῦ Μηλῐέως / Μηλῐῶς toû Mēlĭéōs / Mēlĭôs	τοῖν Μηλῐοῖν toîn Mēlĭoîn	τῶν Μηλῐέων / Μηλῐῶν tôn Mēlĭéōn / Mēlĭôn
Dative	τῷ Μηλῐεῖ tôi Mēlĭeî	τοῖν Μηλῐοῖν toîn Mēlĭoîn	τοῖς Μηλῐεῦσῐ / Μηλῐεῦσῐν toîs Mēlĭeûsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸν Μηλῐέᾱ / Μηλῐᾶ tòn Mēlĭéā / Mēlĭâ	τὼ Μηλῐῆ tṑ Mēlĭê	τοὺς Μηλῐέᾱς / Μηλῐᾶς toùs Mēlĭéās / Mēlĭâs
Vocative	Μηλῐεῦ Mēlĭeû	Μηλῐῆ Mēlĭê	Μηλῐῆς / Μηλῐεῖς Mēlĭês / Mēlĭeîs
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. The first form is uncontracted, the second contracted.

Related terms

• Μηλῐᾰκός (Mēlĭăkós)

Descendants

• Greek: Μηλιεύς (Miliéfs); Μηλιάς (Miliás)

References

• “Μηλιεύς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Μηλιεύς”, 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