μέλδομαι

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *méldomai, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)meld- (“to melt, smelt”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /mél.do.mai̯/ → /ˈmel.ðo.mɛ/ → /ˈmel.ðo.me/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /mél.do.mai̯/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈmel.do.mɛ/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈmel.ðo.mɛ/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈmel.ðo.me/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈmel.ðo.me/

Verb

μέλδομαι • (méldomai)

1. to melt

References

• “μέλδομαι”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “μέλδομαι”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• μέλδομαι in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963