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Noun [Ancient Greek]

IPA: /mé.lis.sa/, /ˈme.lis.sa/, /ˈme.li.sa/, /mé.lis.sa/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /ˈme.lis.sa/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ˈme.lis.sa/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ˈme.lis.sa/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ˈme.li.sa/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: Potentially haplologized from *μελιλίχια (*melilíkhia), from Proto-Indo-European *mélit (“honey”) + *leyǵʰ- (“lick”). Compare Albanian bletë and Sanskrit मधुलिह् (madhulih). Alternatively from Proto-Hellenic *meliťťa, equivalent to μέλιτ- (mélit-) + -ια (-ia). Etymology templates: {{l|grc||*μελιλίχια}} *μελιλίχια (*melilíkhia), {{der|grc|ine-pro|*mélit||honey}} Proto-Indo-European *mélit (“honey”), {{m|ine-pro|*leyǵʰ-||lick}} *leyǵʰ- (“lick”), {{cog|sq|bletë}} Albanian bletë, {{cog|sa|मधुलिह्}} Sanskrit मधुलिह् (madhulih), {{inh|grc|grk-pro|*meliťťa}} Proto-Hellenic *meliťťa, {{af|grc|μέλι|-ια|alt1=μέλιτ-|nocat=1}} μέλιτ- (mélit-) + -ια (-ia) Head templates: {{grc-noun|μελίσσης|f|first|head=μέλισσᾰ}} μέλισσᾰ • (mélissa) f (genitive μελίσσης); first declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|μέλισσᾰ|μελίσσης}} Forms: μέλισσᾰ [canonical], mélissa [romanization], μελίσσης [genitive], Attic declension-1 [table-tags], ἡ μέλισσᾰ [nominative, singular], τὼ μελίσσᾱ [dual, nominative], αἱ μέλισσαι [nominative, plural], τῆς μελίσσης [genitive, singular], τοῖν μελίσσαιν [dual, genitive], τῶν μελισσῶν [genitive, plural], τῇ μελίσσῃ [dative, singular], τοῖν μελίσσαιν [dative, dual], ταῖς μελίσσαις [dative, plural], τὴν μέλισσᾰν [accusative, singular], τὼ μελίσσᾱ [accusative, dual], τᾱ̀ς μελίσσᾱς [accusative, plural], μέλισσᾰ [singular, vocative], μελίσσᾱ [dual, vocative], μέλισσαι [plural, vocative]
  1. bee
    Sense id: en-μέλισσα-grc-noun-YsuBtZBK
  2. (poetic) honey Tags: poetic
    Sense id: en-μέλισσα-grc-noun-pV4uOEal
  3. poet (from their culling of sweet things from nature)
    Sense id: en-μέλισσα-grc-noun-yjX94GLD
  4. priestess at Delphi Categories (lifeform): Hymenopterans
    Sense id: en-μέλισσα-grc-noun-hsWYfqF0 Disambiguation of Hymenopterans: 7 7 8 45 33 Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension, Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 2 2 5 80 11 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension: 2 2 6 87 3 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes: 2 2 5 82 10
  5. (Neoplatonist philosophy) any pure being Categories (topical): Philosophy
    Sense id: en-μέλισσα-grc-noun-AF5BAssM
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: μέλιττᾰ (mélitta) [Attic]
Derived forms: μελισσαῖος (melissaîos), μελίσσειος (melísseios), μελισσεύς (melisseús), μελισσήεις (melissḗeis), μελισσία (melissía), μελίσσιος (melíssios), μελισσοβότανον (melissobótanon), μελισσόβοτος (melissóbotos), μελισσοκόμος (melissokómos), μελισσοκράς (melissokrás), μελισσονόμος (melissonómos), μελισσόομαι (melissóomai), μελισσοπόλος (melissopólos), μελισσοπόνος (melissopónos), μελισσόρυτος (melissórutos), μελισσοσόος (melissosóos), μελισσότευκτος (melissóteuktos), μελισσοτρόφος (melissotróphos), μελισσουργός (melissourgós), μελισσοφάγος (melissophágos), μελισσοφάτνη (melissophátnē), μελισσόφονος (melissóphonos), μελισσόφυλλον (melissóphullon), μελισσόφυτον (melissóphuton), μελισσών (melissṓn), Μέλισσᾰ (Mélissa)

Noun [Greek]

IPA: /ˈme.li.sa/
Etymology: From Ancient Greek μέλισσα (mélissa). Compare Mariupol Greek мелы́ш (mjelýš), милиш (miliš). Etymology templates: {{uder|el|grc|μέλισσα}} Ancient Greek μέλισσα (mélissa), {{cog|grk-mar|мелы́ш}} Mariupol Greek мелы́ш (mjelýš), {{m|grk-mar|милиш}} милиш (miliš) Head templates: {{head|el|nouns|||plural|μέλισσες|||||||||||||||||||||||cat2=|cat3=|cat4=|g=f|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=|tr2=}} μέλισσα • (mélissa) f (plural μέλισσες), {{el-noun|f|μέλισσες}} μέλισσα • (mélissa) f (plural μέλισσες) Inflection templates: {{el-decl-noun|μέλισσα|μέλισσες|μέλισσας|μελισσών|μέλισσα|μέλισσες|μέλισσα|μέλισσες|gp-v=|note=}} Forms: mélissa [romanization], μέλισσες [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], μέλισσα [nominative, singular], μέλισσες [nominative, plural], μέλισσας [genitive, singular], μελισσών [genitive, plural], μέλισσα [accusative, singular], μέλισσες [accusative, plural], μέλισσα [singular, vocative], μέλισσες [plural, vocative]
  1. bee Categories (lifeform): Hymenopterans Related terms: μέλι (méli) (english: honey) [neuter], μελίσσι (melíssi) (english: bee colony, beehive) [neuter], κηρήθρα (kiríthra) (english: honeycomb) [feminine], κυψέλη (kypséli) (english: hive) [feminine], μπούμπουρας (boúmpouras) (english: bumblebee) [masculine]

Inflected forms

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    },
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      "word": "μελισσόομαι"
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    },
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      "roman": "melissotróphos",
      "word": "μελισσοτρόφος"
    },
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      "word": "μελισσουργός"
    },
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      "roman": "melissophágos",
      "word": "μελισσοφάγος"
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      "roman": "melissophátnē",
      "word": "μελισσοφάτνη"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "melissóphonos",
      "word": "μελισσόφονος"
    },
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      "roman": "melissóphullon",
      "word": "μελισσόφυλλον"
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      "roman": "melissóphuton",
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      "roman": "melissṓn",
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    },
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        }
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          "expansion": "→ Translingual: Melissa",
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      "text": "→ Translingual: Melissa"
    }
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        "1": "sa",
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      },
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    },
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      "form": "mélissa",
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
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      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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    },
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      "form": "First declension",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἡ μέλισσᾰ",
      "roman": "hē mélissa",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "singular"
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      "form": "τὼ μελίσσᾱ",
      "roman": "tṑ melíssā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "αἱ μέλισσαι",
      "roman": "hai mélissai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῆς μελίσσης",
      "roman": "tês melíssēs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν μελίσσαιν",
      "roman": "toîn melíssain",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῶν μελισσῶν",
      "roman": "tôn melissôn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῇ μελίσσῃ",
      "roman": "têi melíssēi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν μελίσσαιν",
      "roman": "toîn melíssain",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ταῖς μελίσσαις",
      "roman": "taîs melíssais",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὴν μέλισσᾰν",
      "roman": "tḕn mélissan",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ μελίσσᾱ",
      "roman": "tṑ melíssā",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾱ̀ς μελίσσᾱς",
      "roman": "tā̀s melíssās",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μέλισσᾰ",
      "roman": "mélissa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μελίσσᾱ",
      "roman": "melíssā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μέλισσαι",
      "roman": "mélissai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "expansion": "μέλισσᾰ • (mélissa) f (genitive μελίσσης); first declension",
      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
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      "args": {
        "1": "μέλισσᾰ",
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  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
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      "glosses": [
        "bee"
      ],
      "id": "en-μέλισσα-grc-noun-YsuBtZBK",
      "links": [
        [
          "bee",
          "bee"
        ]
      ]
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      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "honey"
      ],
      "id": "en-μέλισσα-grc-noun-pV4uOEal",
      "links": [
        [
          "poetic",
          "poetic"
        ],
        [
          "honey",
          "honey"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(poetic) honey"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "poetic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "poet (from their culling of sweet things from nature)"
      ],
      "id": "en-μέλισσα-grc-noun-yjX94GLD",
      "links": [
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          "poet"
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      ]
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          "_dis": "2 2 5 80 11",
          "kind": "other",
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            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 2 6 87 3",
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          "name": "Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
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        {
          "_dis": "2 2 5 82 10",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant script codes",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "7 7 8 45 33",
          "kind": "lifeform",
          "langcode": "grc",
          "name": "Hymenopterans",
          "orig": "grc:Hymenopterans",
          "parents": [
            "Insects",
            "Arthropods",
            "Animals",
            "Lifeforms",
            "All topics",
            "Life",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nature"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "priestess at Delphi"
      ],
      "id": "en-μέλισσα-grc-noun-hsWYfqF0",
      "links": [
        [
          "priestess",
          "priestess"
        ],
        [
          "Delphi",
          "Delphi"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "grc",
          "name": "Philosophy",
          "orig": "grc:Philosophy",
          "parents": [
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "any pure being"
      ],
      "id": "en-μέλισσα-grc-noun-AF5BAssM",
      "links": [
        [
          "philosophy",
          "philosophy"
        ],
        [
          "being",
          "being"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "Neoplatonist philosophy",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Neoplatonist philosophy) any pure being"
      ]
    }
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  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/mé.lis.sa/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈme.lis.sa/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈme.li.sa/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mé.lis.sa/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈme.lis.sa/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈme.lis.sa/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈme.lis.sa/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈme.li.sa/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "mélitta",
      "tags": [
        "Attic"
      ],
      "word": "μέλιττᾰ"
    }
  ],
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}

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      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
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      "source": "declension",
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        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μέλισσα",
      "source": "declension",
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        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μέλισσες",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μέλισσας",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μελισσών",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μέλισσα",
      "source": "declension",
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        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μέλισσες",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μέλισσα",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μέλισσες",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
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        "10": "",
        "11": "",
        "12": "",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "17": "",
        "18": "",
        "19": "",
        "2": "nouns",
        "20": "",
        "21": "",
        "22": "",
        "23": "",
        "24": "",
        "25": "",
        "26": "",
        "27": "",
        "28": "",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
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        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "cat2": "",
        "cat3": "",
        "cat4": "",
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        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr2": ""
      },
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      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f",
        "2": "μέλισσες"
      },
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    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "μέλισσα",
        "2": "μέλισσες",
        "3": "μέλισσας",
        "4": "μελισσών",
        "5": "μέλισσα",
        "6": "μέλισσες",
        "7": "μέλισσα",
        "8": "μέλισσες",
        "gp-v": "",
        "note": ""
      },
      "name": "el-decl-noun"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "el",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Greek entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Greek nouns declining like 'βασίλισσα'",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Greek undefined derivations",
          "parents": [
            "Undefined derivations",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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            "Arthropods",
            "Animals",
            "Lifeforms",
            "All topics",
            "Life",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nature"
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        }
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        [
          "bee",
          "bee"
        ]
      ],
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        {
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          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "μέλι"
        },
        {
          "english": "bee colony, beehive",
          "roman": "melíssi",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "english": "honeycomb",
          "roman": "kiríthra",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "κηρήθρα"
        },
        {
          "english": "hive",
          "roman": "kypséli",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "κυψέλη"
        },
        {
          "english": "bumblebee",
          "roman": "boúmpouras",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "μπούμπουρας"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈme.li.sa/"
    }
  ],
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}
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    "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
    "Ancient Greek feminine nouns",
    "Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension",
    "Ancient Greek first-declension nouns",
    "Ancient Greek lemmas",
    "Ancient Greek nouns",
    "Ancient Greek proparoxytone terms",
    "Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Hellenic",
    "Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Ancient Greek terms inherited from Proto-Hellenic",
    "Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes",
    "grc:Hymenopterans"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "melissaîos",
      "word": "μελισσαῖος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "melísseios",
      "word": "μελίσσειος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "melisseús",
      "word": "μελισσεύς"
    },
    {
      "roman": "melissḗeis",
      "word": "μελισσήεις"
    },
    {
      "roman": "melissía",
      "word": "μελισσία"
    },
    {
      "roman": "melíssios",
      "word": "μελίσσιος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "melissobótanon",
      "word": "μελισσοβότανον"
    },
    {
      "roman": "melissóbotos",
      "word": "μελισσόβοτος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "melissokómos",
      "word": "μελισσοκόμος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "melissokrás",
      "word": "μελισσοκράς"
    },
    {
      "roman": "melissonómos",
      "word": "μελισσονόμος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "melissóomai",
      "word": "μελισσόομαι"
    },
    {
      "roman": "melissopólos",
      "word": "μελισσοπόλος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "melissopónos",
      "word": "μελισσοπόνος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "melissórutos",
      "word": "μελισσόρυτος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "melissosóos",
      "word": "μελισσοσόος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "melissóteuktos",
      "word": "μελισσότευκτος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "melissotróphos",
      "word": "μελισσοτρόφος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "melissourgós",
      "word": "μελισσουργός"
    },
    {
      "roman": "melissophágos",
      "word": "μελισσοφάγος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "melissophátnē",
      "word": "μελισσοφάτνη"
    },
    {
      "roman": "melissóphonos",
      "word": "μελισσόφονος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "melissóphullon",
      "word": "μελισσόφυλλον"
    },
    {
      "roman": "melissóphuton",
      "word": "μελισσόφυτον"
    },
    {
      "roman": "melissṓn",
      "word": "μελισσών"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Mélissa",
      "word": "Μέλισσᾰ"
    }
  ],
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          },
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        }
      ],
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
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            "bor": "1"
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
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  ],
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        "2": "",
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      },
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    },
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        "4": "",
        "5": "honey"
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      "name": "der"
    },
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      "args": {
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        "4": "lick"
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    },
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        "2": "bletë"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
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      },
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    },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "3": "-ια",
        "alt1": "μέλιτ-",
        "nocat": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "μέλιτ- (mélit-) + -ια (-ia)",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
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      "form": "μέλισσᾰ",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mélissa",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μελίσσης",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "Attic declension-1",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "First declension",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἡ μέλισσᾰ",
      "roman": "hē mélissa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ μελίσσᾱ",
      "roman": "tṑ melíssā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "αἱ μέλισσαι",
      "roman": "hai mélissai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῆς μελίσσης",
      "roman": "tês melíssēs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν μελίσσαιν",
      "roman": "toîn melíssain",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῶν μελισσῶν",
      "roman": "tôn melissôn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῇ μελίσσῃ",
      "roman": "têi melíssēi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν μελίσσαιν",
      "roman": "toîn melíssain",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ταῖς μελίσσαις",
      "roman": "taîs melíssais",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὴν μέλισσᾰν",
      "roman": "tḕn mélissan",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ μελίσσᾱ",
      "roman": "tṑ melíssā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾱ̀ς μελίσσᾱς",
      "roman": "tā̀s melíssās",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μέλισσᾰ",
      "roman": "mélissa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μελίσσᾱ",
      "roman": "melíssā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μέλισσαι",
      "roman": "mélissai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "f",
        "3": "first",
        "head": "μέλισσᾰ"
      },
      "expansion": "μέλισσᾰ • (mélissa) f (genitive μελίσσης); first declension",
      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "μελίσσης"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    }
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  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "bee"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "bee",
          "bee"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Ancient Greek poetic terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "honey"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "poetic",
          "poetic"
        ],
        [
          "honey",
          "honey"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(poetic) honey"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "poetic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "poet (from their culling of sweet things from nature)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "poet",
          "poet"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "priestess at Delphi"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "priestess",
          "priestess"
        ],
        [
          "Delphi",
          "Delphi"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "grc:Philosophy"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "any pure being"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "philosophy",
          "philosophy"
        ],
        [
          "being",
          "being"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "Neoplatonist philosophy",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Neoplatonist philosophy) any pure being"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/mé.lis.sa/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈme.lis.sa/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈme.li.sa/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mé.lis.sa/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈme.lis.sa/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈme.lis.sa/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈme.lis.sa/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈme.li.sa/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "mélitta",
      "tags": [
        "Attic"
      ],
      "word": "μέλιττᾰ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "μέλισσα"
}

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      },
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      "name": "uder"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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      },
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    },
    {
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      },
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      "name": "m"
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      "form": "mélissa",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "μέλισσες",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "el-nF-α-ες-3b2",
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      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μέλισσες",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μέλισσας",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μελισσών",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μέλισσα",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μέλισσες",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μέλισσα",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μέλισσες",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
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        "10": "",
        "11": "",
        "12": "",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "17": "",
        "18": "",
        "19": "",
        "2": "nouns",
        "20": "",
        "21": "",
        "22": "",
        "23": "",
        "24": "",
        "25": "",
        "26": "",
        "27": "",
        "28": "",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "plural",
        "6": "μέλισσες",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "cat2": "",
        "cat3": "",
        "cat4": "",
        "g": "f",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr2": ""
      },
      "expansion": "μέλισσα • (mélissa) f (plural μέλισσες)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f",
        "2": "μέλισσες"
      },
      "expansion": "μέλισσα • (mélissa) f (plural μέλισσες)",
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    }
  ],
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        "2": "μέλισσες",
        "3": "μέλισσας",
        "4": "μελισσών",
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        "6": "μέλισσες",
        "7": "μέλισσα",
        "8": "μέλισσες",
        "gp-v": "",
        "note": ""
      },
      "name": "el-decl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Greek",
  "lang_code": "el",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "english": "honey",
      "roman": "méli",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "μέλι"
    },
    {
      "english": "bee colony, beehive",
      "roman": "melíssi",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "μελίσσι"
    },
    {
      "english": "honeycomb",
      "roman": "kiríthra",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "κηρήθρα"
    },
    {
      "english": "hive",
      "roman": "kypséli",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "κυψέλη"
    },
    {
      "english": "bumblebee",
      "roman": "boúmpouras",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "μπούμπουρας"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Greek entries with incorrect language header",
        "Greek feminine nouns",
        "Greek lemmas",
        "Greek nouns",
        "Greek nouns declining like 'βασίλισσα'",
        "Greek terms derived from Ancient Greek",
        "Greek terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Greek undefined derivations",
        "el:Hymenopterans"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "bee"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "bee",
          "bee"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈme.li.sa/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "μέλισσα"
}

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