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μέλκιον

Second declension Noun; Neuter Transliteration:

Principal Part: μέλκιον

Structure: μελκι (Stem) + ον (Ending)

Sense

  1. Hesychius' gives the definition as: κρήνη ‎(krḗnē, “spring, fountain”), νύμφαι ‎(númphai, “springs”), παίγνιον ‎(paígnion, “play thing, toy”).

Declension

Second declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative μέλκιον μελκίω μέλκια
Genitive μελκίου μελκίοιν μελκίων
Dative μελκίῳ μελκίοιν μελκίοις
Accusative μέλκιον μελκίω μέλκια
Vocative μέλκιον μελκίω μέλκια

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Synonyms

  1. Hesychius' gives the definition as

    • ἔλπος (Hesychius' gives the definition as ἔλαιον ‎, στέαρ ‎, εὐθηνία ‎)
    • γελανδρόν (Hesychius gives the definition as ψυχρόν ‎, so: cold, chill)
    • ἀννίς (Hesychius' gives the definition as μητρὸς ἢ πατρὸς μήτηρ ‎, so maternal or paternal grandmother.)

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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