μάδαρα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /má.da.ra/ → /ˈma.ða.ra/ → /ˈma.ða.ra/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /má.da.ra/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈma.da.ra/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈma.ða.ra/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈma.ða.ra/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈma.ða.ra/

Noun

μᾰ́δᾰρᾰ • (mádara) n pl (genitive μᾰδᾰ́ρων); second declension

1. kind of boat mentioned in the Periplus of the Erythraean Sea

Declension

Second declension of τᾰ̀ μᾰ́δᾰρᾰ; τῶν μᾰδᾰ́ρων (Attic)

Case / #	Plural
Nominative	τᾰ̀ μᾰ́δᾰρᾰ tà mádara
Genitive	τῶν μᾰδᾰ́ρων tôn madárōn
Dative	τοῖς μᾰδᾰ́ροις toîs madárois
Accusative	τᾰ̀ μᾰ́δᾰρᾰ tà mádara
Vocative	μᾰ́δᾰρᾰ mádara
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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