"μέλεος" meaning in Ancient Greek

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Adjective

IPA: /mé.le.os/, /ˈme.le.os/, /ˈme.le.os/, /mé.le.os/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /ˈme.le.os/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ˈme.le.os/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ˈme.le.os/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ˈme.le.os/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: As for its accent, this word agrees with secondar adjectives like χρύσεος (khrúseos), λίθεος (lítheos), βόεος (bóeos), but conceptually it rather belongs to primary oxytones, like ἐτεός (eteós), κενεός (keneós), στερεός (stereós). Like ἐτεός (eteós) is from *ἐτεϝός (*etewós), this adjective could derive from *μέλεϝος (*mélewos). Further details are unclear. Etymology templates: {{unk|grc|title=unclear}} unclear Inflection templates: {{grc-adecl|μέλεος|ᾱ}} Forms: méleos [romanization], μελέᾱ [feminine], μέλεον [neuter], Attic declension-2 [table-tags], μέλεος [masculine, nominative, singular], μελέᾱ [feminine, nominative, singular], μέλεον [neuter, nominative, singular], μελέω [dual, masculine, nominative], μελέᾱ [dual, feminine, nominative], μελέω [dual, neuter, nominative], μέλεοι [masculine, nominative, plural], μέλεαι [feminine, nominative, plural], μέλεᾰ [neuter, nominative, plural], μελέου [genitive, masculine, singular], μελέᾱς [feminine, genitive, singular], μελέου [genitive, neuter, singular], μελέοιν [dual, genitive, masculine], μελέαιν [dual, feminine, genitive], μελέοιν [dual, genitive, neuter], μελέων [genitive, masculine, plural], μελέων [feminine, genitive, plural], μελέων [genitive, neuter, plural], μελέῳ [dative, masculine, singular], μελέᾳ [dative, feminine, singular], μελέῳ [dative, neuter, singular], μελέοιν [dative, dual, masculine], μελέαιν [dative, dual, feminine], μελέοιν [dative, dual, neuter], μελέοις [dative, masculine, plural], μελέαις [dative, feminine, plural], μελέοις [dative, neuter, plural], μέλεον [accusative, masculine, singular], μελέᾱν [accusative, feminine, singular], μέλεον [accusative, neuter, singular], μελέω [accusative, dual, masculine], μελέᾱ [accusative, dual, feminine], μελέω [accusative, dual, neuter], μελέους [accusative, masculine, plural], μελέᾱς [accusative, feminine, plural], μέλεᾰ [accusative, neuter, plural], μέλεε [masculine, singular, vocative], μελέᾱ [feminine, singular, vocative], μέλεον [neuter, singular, vocative], μελέω [dual, masculine, vocative], μελέᾱ [dual, feminine, vocative], μελέω [dual, neuter, vocative], μέλεοι [masculine, plural, vocative], μέλεαι [feminine, plural, vocative], μέλεᾰ [neuter, plural, vocative], μελέως [adverbial, feminine, masculine, neuter], μελεώτερος [comparative, feminine, masculine, neuter], μελεώτᾰτος [feminine, masculine, neuter, superlative]
  1. idle, useless, futile, vain Synonyms: μάταιος
    Sense id: en-μέλεος-grc-adj-GgL7eT0C
  2. unhappy, miserable, wretched
    Sense id: en-μέλεος-grc-adj-VKcub6~0 Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 35 65 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes: 24 76
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: μελεοπαθής (meleopathḗs), μελεόπονος (meleóponos), μελεόφρων (meleóphrōn)

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      "form": "μελέους",
      "roman": "meléous",
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      "form": "μέλεε",
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      "form": "μελεώτερος",
      "roman": "meleṓteros",
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        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "μελεώτᾰτος",
      "roman": "meleṓtatos",
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        "idle, useless, futile, vain"
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μελέαιν",
      "roman": "meléain",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "feminine",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μελέοιν",
      "roman": "meléoin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μελέων",
      "roman": "meléōn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μελέων",
      "roman": "meléōn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μελέων",
      "roman": "meléōn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μελέῳ",
      "roman": "meléōi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μελέᾳ",
      "roman": "meléāi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μελέῳ",
      "roman": "meléōi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μελέοιν",
      "roman": "meléoin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μελέαιν",
      "roman": "meléain",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μελέοιν",
      "roman": "meléoin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μελέοις",
      "roman": "meléois",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μελέαις",
      "roman": "meléais",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μελέοις",
      "roman": "meléois",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μέλεον",
      "roman": "méleon",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μελέᾱν",
      "roman": "meléān",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μέλεον",
      "roman": "méleon",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μελέω",
      "roman": "meléō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μελέᾱ",
      "roman": "meléā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μελέω",
      "roman": "meléō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μελέους",
      "roman": "meléous",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μελέᾱς",
      "roman": "meléās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μέλεᾰ",
      "roman": "mélea",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μέλεε",
      "roman": "mélee",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μελέᾱ",
      "roman": "meléā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μέλεον",
      "roman": "méleon",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μελέω",
      "roman": "meléō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "masculine",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μελέᾱ",
      "roman": "meléā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "feminine",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μελέω",
      "roman": "meléō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "neuter",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μέλεοι",
      "roman": "méleoi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μέλεαι",
      "roman": "méleai",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μέλεᾰ",
      "roman": "mélea",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μελέως",
      "roman": "meléōs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μελεώτερος",
      "roman": "meleṓteros",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "comparative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μελεώτᾰτος",
      "roman": "meleṓtatos",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "μέλεος",
        "2": "ᾱ"
      },
      "name": "grc-adecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "idle, useless, futile, vain"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "idle",
          "idle"
        ],
        [
          "useless",
          "useless"
        ],
        [
          "futile",
          "futile"
        ],
        [
          "vain",
          "vain"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "μάταιος"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "unhappy, miserable, wretched"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "unhappy",
          "unhappy"
        ],
        [
          "miserable",
          "miserable"
        ],
        [
          "wretched",
          "wretched"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/mé.le.os/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈme.le.os/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈme.le.os/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mé.le.os/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈme.le.os/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈme.le.os/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈme.le.os/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈme.le.os/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "μέλεος"
}
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  "called_from": "inflection/865",
  "msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: μέλεος/Ancient Greek 'Number' base_tags={'declension-2', 'Attic'}",
  "path": [
    "μέλεος"
  ],
  "section": "Ancient Greek",
  "subsection": "adjective",
  "title": "μέλεος",
  "trace": ""
}

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