μελαινάς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From μέλαινα (mélaina, “black”) +‎ -ᾰ́ς (-ás).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

μελαινᾰ́ς • (melainás) f (genitive μελαινᾰ́δος); third declension

  1. kind of blackish fish

Declension
Third declension of ἡ μελαινᾰ́ς; τῆς μελαινᾰ́δος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ μελαινᾰ́ς
hē melainás		 τὼ μελαινᾰ́δε
tṑ melaináde		 αἱ μελαινᾰ́δες
hai melainádes
Genitive τῆς μελαινᾰ́δος
tês melainádos		 τοῖν μελαινᾰ́δοιν
toîn melainádoin		 τῶν μελαινᾰ́δων
tôn melainádōn
Dative τῇ μελαινᾰ́δῐ
têi melainádi		 τοῖν μελαινᾰ́δοιν
toîn melainádoin		 ταῖς μελαινᾰ́σῐ / μελαινᾰ́σῐν
taîs melainási(n)
Accusative τὴν μελαινᾰ́δᾰ
tḕn melaináda		 τὼ μελαινᾰ́δε
tṑ melaináde		 τᾱ̀ς μελαινᾰ́δᾰς
tā̀s melainádas
Vocative μελαινᾰ́ς
melainás		 μελαινᾰ́δε
melaináde		 μελαινᾰ́δες
melainádes
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
  • Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

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