Μῆλος

See also: μηλός

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Μᾶλος (Mâlos) — Doric

Etymology

Borrowed from a Pre-Greek culture in the island, so possibly a variation of Βῆλος (Bêlos).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /mɛ̂ː.los/ → /ˈmi.los/ → /ˈmi.los/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /mɛ̂ː.los/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈme̝.los/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈmi.los/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈmi.los/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈmi.los/

Proper noun

Μῆλος • (Mêlos) f (genitive Μήλου); second declension

1. Malos or Melos or Milos, an island in the Cyclades, Greece

Inflection

Second declension of ἡ Μῆλος; τῆς Μήλου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Μῆλος hē Mêlos
Genitive	τῆς Μήλου tês Mḗlou
Dative	τῇ Μήλῳ têi Mḗlōi
Accusative	τὴν Μῆλον tḕn Mêlon
Vocative	Μῆλε Mêle
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Μήλῐος (Mḗlios)
• Μηλῐ́ᾱ (Mēlíā)
• Μήλιον (Mḗlion)

Descendants

• English: Milos
• Greek: Μήλος (Mílos)
• Latin: Mēlos

References

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,017