μέλαν
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Neuter substantive of μέλᾱς (mélās, “black”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /mé.lan/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈme.lan/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈme.lan/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈme.lan/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈme.lan/
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ μέλᾰν tò mélan |
τὼ μέλᾰνε tṑ mélane |
τᾰ̀ μέλᾰνᾰ tà mélana | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ μέλᾰνος toû mélanos |
τοῖν μελᾰ́νοιν toîn melánoin |
τῶν μελᾰ́νων tôn melánōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ μέλᾰνῐ tôi mélani |
τοῖν μελᾰ́νοιν toîn melánoin |
τοῖς μέλᾰσῐ / μέλᾰσῐν toîs mélasi(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ μέλᾰν tò mélan |
τὼ μέλᾰνε tṑ mélane |
τᾰ̀ μέλᾰνᾰ tà mélana | ||||||||||
| Vocative | μέλᾰν mélan |
μέλᾰνε mélane |
μέλᾰνᾰ mélana | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- μελᾰ́νῐον (melánion)
Descendants
References
- “μέλαν”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “μέλαν”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- G3188 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- black idem, page 80.
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