μυρμηδών

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From μύρμηξ (múrmēx, “ant”).

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Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /myr.mɛː.dɔ̌ːn/ → /myr.miˈðon/ → /mir.miˈðon/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /myr.mɛː.dɔ̌ːn/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /myr.me̝ˈdon/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /myr.miˈðon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /myr.miˈðon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /mir.miˈðon/

Noun

μῠρμηδών • (mŭrmēdṓn) f (genitive μῠρμηδόνος); third declension

1. ant-nest

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ μῠρμηδών; τῆς μῠρμηδόνος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ μῠρμηδών hē mŭrmēdṓn	τὼ μῠρμηδόνε tṑ mŭrmēdóne	αἱ μῠρμηδόνες hai mŭrmēdónes
Genitive	τῆς μῠρμηδόνος tês mŭrmēdónos	τοῖν μῠρμηδόνοιν toîn mŭrmēdónoin	τῶν μῠρμηδόνων tôn mŭrmēdónōn
Dative	τῇ μῠρμηδόνῐ têi mŭrmēdónĭ	τοῖν μῠρμηδόνοιν toîn mŭrmēdónoin	ταῖς μῠρμηδόσῐ / μῠρμηδόσῐν taîs mŭrmēdósĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν μῠρμηδόνᾰ tḕn mŭrmēdónă	τὼ μῠρμηδόνε tṑ mŭrmēdóne	τᾱ̀ς μῠρμηδόνᾰς tā̀s mŭrmēdónăs
Vocative	μῠρμηδών mŭrmēdṓn	μῠρμηδόνε mŭrmēdóne	μῠρμηδόνες mŭrmēdónes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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