μύλοικος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From μύλη (múlē, “mill, hand-mill”) +‎ οἶκος (oîkos, “house, dwelling”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /mý.loi̯.kos/ → /ˈmy.ly.kos/ → /ˈmi.li.kos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /mý.loi̯.kos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈmy.ly.kos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈmy.ly.kos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈmy.ly.kos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈmi.li.kos/

Noun

μῠ́λοικος • (múloikos) m (genitive μῠλοίκου); second declension

1. kind of beetle or cockroach which breeds in mills

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ μῠ́λοικος; τοῦ μῠλοίκου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ μῠ́λοικος ho múloikos	τὼ μῠλοίκω tṑ muloíkō	οἱ μῠ́λοικοι hoi múloikoi
Genitive	τοῦ μῠλοίκου toû muloíkou	τοῖν μῠλοίκοιν toîn muloíkoin	τῶν μῠλοίκων tôn muloíkōn
Dative	τῷ μῠλοίκῳ tôi muloíkōi	τοῖν μῠλοίκοιν toîn muloíkoin	τοῖς μῠλοίκοις toîs muloíkois
Accusative	τὸν μῠ́λοικον tòn múloikon	τὼ μῠλοίκω tṑ muloíkō	τοὺς μῠλοίκους toùs muloíkous
Vocative	μῠ́λοικε múloike	μῠλοίκω muloíkō	μῠ́λοικοι múloikoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: myloecus

References

• “μύλοικος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press