μήλινος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• μάλινος (málinos)

Etymology

From μῆλον (mêlon, “apple”) +‎ -ινος (-inos).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /mɛ̌ː.li.nos/ → /ˈmi.li.nos/ → /ˈmi.li.nos/

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

Adjective

μήλῐνος • (mḗlĭnos) m (feminine μηλίνη, neuter μήλῐνον); first/second declension

1. of or made of apples
2. of quince-yellow colour

Inflection

First and second declension of μήλῐνος; μηλῐ́νη; μήλῐνον (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		μήλῐνος mḗlĭnos	μηλῐ́νη mēlĭ́nē	μήλῐνον mḗlĭnon		μηλῐ́νω mēlĭ́nō	μηλῐ́νᾱ mēlĭ́nā	μηλῐ́νω mēlĭ́nō		μήλῐνοι mḗlĭnoi	μήλῐναι mḗlĭnai	μήλῐνᾰ mḗlĭnă
Genitive		μηλῐ́νου mēlĭ́nou	μηλῐ́νης mēlĭ́nēs	μηλῐ́νου mēlĭ́nou		μηλῐ́νοιν mēlĭ́noin	μηλῐ́ναιν mēlĭ́nain	μηλῐ́νοιν mēlĭ́noin		μηλῐ́νων mēlĭ́nōn	μηλῐ́νων mēlĭ́nōn	μηλῐ́νων mēlĭ́nōn
Dative		μηλῐ́νῳ mēlĭ́nōi	μηλῐ́νῃ mēlĭ́nēi	μηλῐ́νῳ mēlĭ́nōi		μηλῐ́νοιν mēlĭ́noin	μηλῐ́ναιν mēlĭ́nain	μηλῐ́νοιν mēlĭ́noin		μηλῐ́νοις mēlĭ́nois	μηλῐ́ναις mēlĭ́nais	μηλῐ́νοις mēlĭ́nois
Accusative		μήλῐνον mḗlĭnon	μηλῐ́νην mēlĭ́nēn	μήλῐνον mḗlĭnon		μηλῐ́νω mēlĭ́nō	μηλῐ́νᾱ mēlĭ́nā	μηλῐ́νω mēlĭ́nō		μηλῐ́νους mēlĭ́nous	μηλῐ́νᾱς mēlĭ́nās	μήλῐνᾰ mḗlĭnă
Vocative		μήλῐνε mḗlĭne	μηλῐ́νη mēlĭ́nē	μήλῐνον mḗlĭnon		μηλῐ́νω mēlĭ́nō	μηλῐ́νᾱ mēlĭ́nā	μηλῐ́νω mēlĭ́nō		μήλῐνοι mḗlĭnoi	μήλῐναι mḗlĭnai	μήλῐνᾰ mḗlĭnă
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		μηλῐ́νως mēlĭ́nōs				μηλῐνώτερος mēlĭnṓteros				μηλῐνώτᾰτος mēlĭnṓtătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “μήλινος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• μήλινος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette

Greek

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek μήλινος (mḗlinos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmi.li.mos/
• Hyphenation: μή‧λι‧νος

Adjective

μήλινος • (mílinos) m (feminine μήλινη or μηλίνη, neuter μήλινο)

1. of or made from the apple-tree and its fruit
2. originating from apples