Μελέαγρος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Perhaps from μέλω (mélō, to concern, to be concerned) + ᾰ̓γρός (agrós, field) + -ος (-os): “concerned with fields”

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Μελέᾰγρος • (Meléagros) m (genitive Μελεᾰ́γρου); second declension

  1. a male given name: Meleager

Inflection

Descendants

  • English: Meleager
  • Greek: Μελέαγρος (Meléagros)

References

  • Μελέαγρος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • Μελέαγρος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,017
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