μελίκρατον

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• μελῐ́κρητον (melĭ́krēton) — Ionic

Etymology

From μέλι (méli, “honey”) +‎ κεράννῡμι (keránnūmi, “to mix, mingle”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /me.lí.kraː.ton/ → /meˈli.kra.ton/ → /meˈli.kra.ton/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /me.lí.kraː.ton/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /meˈli.kra.ton/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /meˈli.kra.ton/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /meˈli.kra.ton/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /meˈli.kra.ton/

Noun

μελῐ́κρᾱτον • (melĭ́krāton) n (genitive μελῐκρᾱ́του); second declension

1. drink of honey and milk offered as a libation to the powers of the netherworld
2. sort of mixture of water and honey

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ μελῐ́κρᾱτον; τοῦ μελῐκρᾱ́του (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ μελῐ́κρᾱτον tò melĭ́krāton	τὼ μελῐκρᾱ́τω tṑ melĭkrā́tō	τᾰ̀ μελῐ́κρᾱτᾰ tằ melĭ́krātă
Genitive	τοῦ μελῐκρᾱ́του toû melĭkrā́tou	τοῖν μελῐκρᾱ́τοιν toîn melĭkrā́toin	τῶν μελῐκρᾱ́των tôn melĭkrā́tōn
Dative	τῷ μελῐκρᾱ́τῳ tôi melĭkrā́tōi	τοῖν μελῐκρᾱ́τοιν toîn melĭkrā́toin	τοῖς μελῐκρᾱ́τοις toîs melĭkrā́tois
Accusative	τὸ μελῐ́κρᾱτον tò melĭ́krāton	τὼ μελῐκρᾱ́τω tṑ melĭkrā́tō	τᾰ̀ μελῐ́κρᾱτᾰ tằ melĭ́krātă
Vocative	μελῐ́κρᾱτον melĭ́krāton	μελῐκρᾱ́τω melĭkrā́tō	μελῐ́κρᾱτᾰ melĭ́krātă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: melicrātum

Further reading

• “μελίκρατον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “μελίκρατον”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• μελίκρατον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette