"Μέλισσα" meaning in Ancient Greek

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Proper name

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: From μέλισσᾰ (mélissa, “bee”). Head templates: {{grc-proper noun|Μελίσσης|f|first|head=Μέλισσᾰ}} Μέλισσᾰ • (Mélissa) f (genitive Μελίσσης); first declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|Μέλισσᾰ|ης|form=S}} Forms: Μέλισσᾰ [canonical], Mélissa [romanization], Μελίσσης [genitive], Attic declension-1 [table-tags], ἡ Μέλισσᾰ [nominative, singular], τῆς Μελίσσης [genitive, singular], τῇ Μελίσσῃ [dative, singular], τὴν Μέλισσᾰν [accusative, singular], Μέλισσᾰ [singular, vocative]
  1. a female given name, equivalent to English Melissa Wikipedia link: Melissa Categories (topical): Ancient Greek female given names, Ancient Greek given names
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