Μυτιλήνη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Anatolian origin. Possibly related to Hittite [script needed] (Muwatalli). Compare Ancient Greek Μοτύλου (Motúlou).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /my.ti.lɛ̌ː.nɛː/ → /my.tiˈli.ni/ → /mi.tiˈli.ni/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /my.ti.lɛ̌ː.nɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /my.tiˈle̝.ne̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /my.tiˈli.ni/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /my.tiˈli.ni/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /mi.tiˈli.ni/

Proper noun

Μῠτῐλήνη • (Mutilḗnē) f (genitive Μῠτῐλήνης); first declension

1. the city of Mytilene, in Lesbos, Greece
2. the island, Lesbos

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Μῠτῐλήνη; τῆς Μῠτῐλήνης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Μῠτῐλήνη hē Mutilḗnē
Genitive	τῆς Μῠτῐλήνης tês Mutilḗnēs
Dative	τῇ Μῠτῐλήνῃ têi Mutilḗnēi
Accusative	τὴν Μῠτῐλήνην tḕn Mutilḗnēn
Vocative	Μῠτῐλήνη Mutilḗnē
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Μυτιληναῖος (Mutilēnaîos)

Descendants

• Greek: Μυτιλήνη (Mytilíni)
• Latin: Mytilene
• Ottoman Turkish: مدللی (midilli)
  • Turkish: Midilli

Further reading

• “Μυτιλήνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Μυτιλήνη”, 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 1,018

Greek

Etymology

Inherited from Ancient Greek Μυτιλήνη (Mutilḗnē).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mi.tiˈli.ni/

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• Hyphenation: Μυ‧τι‧λή‧νη

Proper noun

Μυτιλήνη • (Mytilíni) f sg

1. Mytilene (main town on the island of Lesbos)
2. (figuratively) Mytilene, Lesbos (third largest island in Greece)

Declension

Declension of Μυτιλήνη

	singular
nominative	Μυτιλήνη (Mytilíni)
genitive	Μυτιλήνης (Mytilínis)
accusative	Μυτιλήνη (Mytilíni)
vocative	Μυτιλήνη (Mytilíni)

Synonyms

• Λέσβος f (Lésvos, “Lesbos”) (more formal)

Related terms

• Μυτιληνιός m (Mytiliniós, “male from Mytilene”)
• Μυτιληναίος m (Mytilinaíos, “male from Mytilene”), also male surname, feminine: Μυτιληναίου (Mytilinaíou)
• Μυτιληνιά f (Mytiliniá, “female from Mytilene”)
• Μυτιληναία f (Mytilinaía, “female from Mytilene”)
• μυτιληναίικος (mytilinaíikos) (adjective)
• μυτιληνιός (mytiliniós) (adjective)

Further reading

• Μυτιλήνη on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el