μηλάτης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From μῆλον (mêlon, “sheep, goat”) +‎ -της (-tēs, masculine agent-noun suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /mɛː.lá.tɛːs/ → /miˈla.tis/ → /miˈla.tis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /mɛː.lá.tɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /me̝ˈla.te̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /miˈla.tis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /miˈla.tis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /miˈla.tis/

Noun

μηλᾰ́της • (mēlátēs) m (genitive μηλᾰ́του); first declension

1. shepherd, herdsman

   Synonyms: μηλοφῠ́λᾰξ (mēlophúlax), ποιμήν (poimḗn)

Declension

First declension of ὁ μηλᾰ́της; τοῦ μηλᾰ́του (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ μηλᾰ́της ho mēlátēs	τὼ μηλᾰ́τᾱ tṑ mēlátā	οἱ μηλᾰ́ται hoi mēlátai
Genitive	τοῦ μηλᾰ́του toû mēlátou	τοῖν μηλᾰ́ταιν toîn mēlátain	τῶν μηλᾰτῶν tôn mēlatôn
Dative	τῷ μηλᾰ́τῃ tôi mēlátēi	τοῖν μηλᾰ́ταιν toîn mēlátain	τοῖς μηλᾰ́ταις toîs mēlátais
Accusative	τὸν μηλᾰ́την tòn mēlátēn	τὼ μηλᾰ́τᾱ tṑ mēlátā	τοὺς μηλᾰ́τᾱς toùs mēlátās
Vocative	μηλᾰ́τᾰ mēláta	μηλᾰ́τᾱ mēlátā	μηλᾰ́ται mēlátai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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