"μέλι" meaning in Ancient Greek

See μέλι in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /mé.li/, /ˈme.li/, /ˈme.li/, /mé.li/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /ˈme.li/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ˈme.li/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ˈme.li/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ˈme.li/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: From Proto-Hellenic *méli, from Proto-Indo-European *mélit (“honey”). Cognates include Latin mel, Gothic 𐌼𐌹𐌻𐌹𐌸 (miliþ), and Old Armenian մեղր (mełr). Etymology templates: {{inh|grc|grk-pro|*méli}} Proto-Hellenic *méli, {{inh|grc|ine-pro|*mélit|t=honey}} Proto-Indo-European *mélit (“honey”), {{cog|la|mel}} Latin mel, {{cog|got|𐌼𐌹𐌻𐌹𐌸}} Gothic 𐌼𐌹𐌻𐌹𐌸 (miliþ), {{cog|xcl|մեղր}} Old Armenian մեղր (mełr) Head templates: {{grc-noun|μέλῐ|μέλῐτος|n|third}} μέλῐ • (méli) n (genitive μέλῐτος); third declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|μέλῐ|μέλῐτος|form=N}} Forms: μέλῐ [canonical], méli [romanization], μέλῐτος [genitive], Attic declension-3 [table-tags], τὸ μέλῐ [nominative, singular], τὼ μέλῐτε [dual, nominative], τᾰ̀ μέλῐτᾰ [nominative, plural], τοῦ μέλῐτος [genitive, singular], τοῖν μελῐ́τοιν [dual, genitive], τῶν μελῐ́των [genitive, plural], τῷ μέλῐτῐ [dative, singular], τοῖν μελῐ́τοιν [dative, dual], τοῖς μέλῐσῐ [dative, plural], μέλῐσῐν [dative, plural], toîs mélisi [dative, plural], toîs mélisin [dative, plural], τὸ μέλῐ [accusative, singular], τὼ μέλῐτε [accusative, dual], τᾰ̀ μέλῐτᾰ [accusative, plural], μέλῐ [singular, vocative], μέλῐτε [dual, vocative], μέλῐτᾰ [plural, vocative]
  1. honey Categories (topical): Honey
    Sense id: en-μέλι-grc-noun-pV4uOEal Disambiguation of Honey: 83 17 Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek neuter nouns in the third declension, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek neuter nouns in the third declension: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 53 47 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 53 47
  2. anything sweet
    Sense id: en-μέλι-grc-noun-~LId3ZSE Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek neuter nouns in the third declension, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek neuter nouns in the third declension: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 53 47 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 53 47
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: θᾰλᾰσσόμελῐ (thalassómeli), μελῐ́γλωσσος (melíglōssos), μελῐ́κρᾱτον (melíkrāton), μελίμηλον (melímēlon), μελῐ́πτορθος (melíptorthos), μέλισσᾰ (mélissa), Μελίτη (Melítē), μελίτινος (melítinos), μελίφρων (melíphrōn), ὑδρόμελι (hudrómeli)
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      "form": "τῷ μέλῐτῐ",
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      "form": "τοῖν μελῐ́τοιν",
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      "form": "τοῖς μέλῐσῐ",
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        "plural"
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    {
      "form": "μέλῐσῐν",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "plural"
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      "form": "toîs mélisi",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "plural"
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        "vocative"
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        "vocative"
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        "vocative"
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  "sounds": [
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      "ipa": "/mé.li/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈme.li/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈme.li/"
    },
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      "ipa": "/mé.li/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈme.li/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈme.li/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈme.li/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈme.li/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
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  "word": "μέλι"
}
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    "Ancient Greek paroxytone terms",
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      "roman": "thalassómeli",
      "word": "θᾰλᾰσσόμελῐ"
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      "word": "μελῐ́γλωσσος"
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      "word": "μελῐ́κρᾱτον"
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      "word": "μελίμηλον"
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      "word": "μελῐ́πτορθος"
    },
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      "word": "μέλισσᾰ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Melítē",
      "word": "Μελίτη"
    },
    {
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      "word": "μελίτινος"
    },
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        "plural"
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      "form": "τοῦ μέλῐτος",
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        "singular"
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    {
      "form": "τοῖν μελῐ́τοιν",
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        "genitive"
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    {
      "form": "τῶν μελῐ́των",
      "roman": "tôn melítōn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "τῷ μέλῐτῐ",
      "roman": "tôi méliti",
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν μελῐ́τοιν",
      "roman": "toîn melítoin",
      "source": "inflection",
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    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖς μέλῐσῐ",
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        "plural"
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    {
      "form": "μέλῐσῐν",
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        "plural"
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      "form": "toîs mélisi",
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        "plural"
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    {
      "form": "toîs mélisin",
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὸ μέλῐ",
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ μέλῐτε",
      "roman": "tṑ mélite",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾰ̀ μέλῐτᾰ",
      "roman": "tà mélita",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μέλῐ",
      "roman": "méli",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μέλῐτε",
      "roman": "mélite",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μέλῐτᾰ",
      "roman": "mélita",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "μέλῐ",
        "2": "μέλῐτος",
        "3": "n",
        "4": "third"
      },
      "expansion": "μέλῐ • (méli) n (genitive μέλῐτος); third declension",
      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "μέλῐ",
        "2": "μέλῐτος",
        "form": "N"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "honey"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "honey",
          "honey"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "anything sweet"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sweet",
          "sweet"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/mé.li/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈme.li/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈme.li/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mé.li/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈme.li/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈme.li/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈme.li/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈme.li/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "μέλι"
}

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