μείλιγμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From μειλῐ́σσω (meilĭ́ssō, “to make mild, soothe”) +‎ -μᾰ (-mă).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /měː.liŋ.ma/ → /ˈmi.liɣ.ma/ → /ˈmi.liɣ.ma/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /měː.liŋ.ma/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈmi.liɡ.ma/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈmi.liɣ.ma/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈmi.liɣ.ma/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈmi.liɣ.ma/

Noun

μείλῐγμᾰ • (meílĭgmă) n (genitive μειλῐ́γμᾰτος); third declension

1. that which soothes
2. (in the plural) propitiatory offerings to the dead
3. darling, fondling
4. soothing song

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ μείλῐγμᾰ; τοῦ μειλῐ́γμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ μείλῐγμᾰ tò meílĭgmă	τὼ μειλῐ́γμᾰτε tṑ meilĭ́gmăte	τᾰ̀ μειλῐ́γμᾰτᾰ tằ meilĭ́gmătă
Genitive	τοῦ μειλῐ́γμᾰτος toû meilĭ́gmătos	τοῖν μειλῐγμᾰ́τοιν toîn meilĭgmắtoin	τῶν μειλῐγμᾰ́των tôn meilĭgmắtōn
Dative	τῷ μειλῐ́γμᾰτῐ tôi meilĭ́gmătĭ	τοῖν μειλῐγμᾰ́τοιν toîn meilĭgmắtoin	τοῖς μειλῐ́γμᾰσῐ / μειλῐ́γμᾰσῐν toîs meilĭ́gmăsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸ μείλῐγμᾰ tò meílĭgmă	τὼ μειλῐ́γμᾰτε tṑ meilĭ́gmăte	τᾰ̀ μειλῐ́γμᾰτᾰ tằ meilĭ́gmătă
Vocative	μείλῐγμᾰ meílĭgmă	μειλῐ́γμᾰτε meilĭ́gmăte	μειλῐ́γμᾰτᾰ meilĭ́gmătă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “μείλιγμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “μείλιγμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “μείλιγμα”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• μείλιγμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• μειλίγμα in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963