Μεθώνη
Ancient Greek
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /me.tʰɔ̌ː.nɛː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /meˈtʰo.ne̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /meˈθo.ni/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /meˈθo.ni/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /meˈθo.ni/
Proper noun
Μεθώνη • (Methṓnē) f (genitive Μεθώνης); first declension
- Methoni (a village in Peloponnese, Greece)
- (historical) Methone (an ancient city near present-day Methoni in Peloponnese, Greece)
- Methoni (a village in Central Macedonia, Greece)
- (historical) Methone (an ancient city-state near present-day Methoni in Central Macedonia, Greece)
- (historical) Methone (an ancient city-state near present-day Ano Lechonia in Thessaly, Greece)
- (historical) Former name of Μέθανα (Méthana), Methana (a city in Attica, Greece)
- (Greek mythology) Methone (one of the Alkyonides)
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ Μεθώνη hē Methṓnē | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς Μεθώνης tês Methṓnēs | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ Μεθώνῃ têi Methṓnēi | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν Μεθώνην tḕn Methṓnēn | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Μεθώνη Methṓnē | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
- Μεθωναῖος (Methōnaîos)
Descendants
References
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,017
- Μεθώνη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
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