"Μέγαρα" meaning in Ancient Greek

See Μέγαρα in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /mé.ɡa.ra/, /ˈme.ɣa.ra/, /ˈme.ɣa.ra/, /mé.ɡa.ra/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /ˈme.ɡa.ra/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ˈme.ɣa.ra/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ˈme.ɣa.ra/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ˈme.ɣa.ra/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: From μέγᾰρον (mégăron). Head templates: {{grc-proper noun|Μέγᾰρᾰ|Μεγᾰ́ρων|n|second}} Μέγᾰρᾰ • (Mégără) n (genitive Μεγᾰ́ρων); second declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|Μέγᾰρον|ου|form=plur}} Forms: Μέγᾰρᾰ [canonical], Mégără [romanization], Μεγᾰ́ρων [genitive], Attic declension-2 [table-tags], τᾰ̀ Μέγᾰρᾰ [nominative, plural], τῶν Μεγᾰ́ρων [genitive, plural], τοῖς Μεγᾰ́ροις [dative, plural], τᾰ̀ Μέγᾰρᾰ [accusative, plural], Μέγᾰρᾰ [plural, vocative]
  1. Megara, Megaris (a town in Attica, Greece) Wikipedia link: Megara Categories (place): Places in Greece, Towns in Greece Derived forms: Μεγαράδε (Megaráde), Μεγᾰρεύς (Megăreús), Μεγαρικός (Megarikós), Μεγᾰρίς (Megărís), Μεγαρόθεν (Megaróthen), Μεγαροῖ (Megaroî) Related terms: Μέγαρα Ὑβλαία (Mégara Hublaía)
{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "el",
            "2": "Μέγαρα"
          },
          "expansion": "Greek: Μέγαρα (Mégara)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Greek: Μέγαρα (Mégara)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "la",
            "2": "Megara"
          },
          "expansion": "Latin: Megara",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Latin: Megara"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From μέγᾰρον (mégăron).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Μέγᾰρᾰ",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Mégără",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Μεγᾰ́ρων",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Attic declension-2",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Second declension",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾰ̀ Μέγᾰρᾰ",
      "roman": "tằ Mégără",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῶν Μεγᾰ́ρων",
      "roman": "tôn Megắrōn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖς Μεγᾰ́ροις",
      "roman": "toîs Megắrois",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾰ̀ Μέγᾰρᾰ",
      "roman": "tằ Mégără",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Μέγᾰρᾰ",
      "roman": "Mégără",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Μέγᾰρᾰ",
        "2": "Μεγᾰ́ρων",
        "3": "n",
        "4": "second"
      },
      "expansion": "Μέγᾰρᾰ • (Mégără) n (genitive Μεγᾰ́ρων); second declension",
      "name": "grc-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Μέγᾰρον",
        "2": "ου",
        "form": "plur"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek neuter proper nouns in the second declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "grc",
          "name": "Places in Greece",
          "orig": "grc:Places in Greece",
          "parents": [
            "Places",
            "Names",
            "All topics",
            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "grc",
          "name": "Towns in Greece",
          "orig": "grc:Towns in Greece",
          "parents": [
            "Towns",
            "Places",
            "Polities",
            "Names",
            "All topics",
            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "roman": "Megaráde",
          "word": "Μεγαράδε"
        },
        {
          "roman": "Megăreús",
          "word": "Μεγᾰρεύς"
        },
        {
          "roman": "Megarikós",
          "word": "Μεγαρικός"
        },
        {
          "roman": "Megărís",
          "word": "Μεγᾰρίς"
        },
        {
          "roman": "Megaróthen",
          "word": "Μεγαρόθεν"
        },
        {
          "roman": "Megaroî",
          "word": "Μεγαροῖ"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Megara, Megaris (a town in Attica, Greece)"
      ],
      "id": "en-Μέγαρα-grc-name-qRfWijkK",
      "links": [
        [
          "Megara",
          "Megara#English"
        ],
        [
          "Megaris",
          "Megaris#English"
        ],
        [
          "Attica",
          "Attica#English"
        ],
        [
          "Greece",
          "Greece#English"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "roman": "Mégara Hublaía",
          "word": "Μέγαρα Ὑβλαία"
        }
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Megara"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/mé.ɡa.ra/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈme.ɣa.ra/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈme.ɣa.ra/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mé.ɡa.ra/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈme.ɡa.ra/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈme.ɣa.ra/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈme.ɣa.ra/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈme.ɣa.ra/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Μέγαρα"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "Megaráde",
      "word": "Μεγαράδε"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Megăreús",
      "word": "Μεγᾰρεύς"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Megarikós",
      "word": "Μεγαρικός"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Megărís",
      "word": "Μεγᾰρίς"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Megaróthen",
      "word": "Μεγαρόθεν"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Megaroî",
      "word": "Μεγαροῖ"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "el",
            "2": "Μέγαρα"
          },
          "expansion": "Greek: Μέγαρα (Mégara)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Greek: Μέγαρα (Mégara)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "la",
            "2": "Megara"
          },
          "expansion": "Latin: Megara",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Latin: Megara"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From μέγᾰρον (mégăron).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Μέγᾰρᾰ",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Mégără",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Μεγᾰ́ρων",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Attic declension-2",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Second declension",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾰ̀ Μέγᾰρᾰ",
      "roman": "tằ Mégără",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῶν Μεγᾰ́ρων",
      "roman": "tôn Megắrōn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖς Μεγᾰ́ροις",
      "roman": "toîs Megắrois",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾰ̀ Μέγᾰρᾰ",
      "roman": "tằ Mégără",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Μέγᾰρᾰ",
      "roman": "Mégără",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Μέγᾰρᾰ",
        "2": "Μεγᾰ́ρων",
        "3": "n",
        "4": "second"
      },
      "expansion": "Μέγᾰρᾰ • (Mégără) n (genitive Μεγᾰ́ρων); second declension",
      "name": "grc-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Μέγᾰρον",
        "2": "ου",
        "form": "plur"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "name",
  "related": [
    {
      "roman": "Mégara Hublaía",
      "word": "Μέγαρα Ὑβλαία"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Ancient Greek 3-syllable words",
        "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
        "Ancient Greek lemmas",
        "Ancient Greek neuter nouns",
        "Ancient Greek neuter proper nouns",
        "Ancient Greek neuter proper nouns in the second declension",
        "Ancient Greek proparoxytone terms",
        "Ancient Greek proper nouns",
        "Ancient Greek second-declension proper nouns",
        "Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Pages with 2 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "grc:Places in Greece",
        "grc:Towns in Greece"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Megara, Megaris (a town in Attica, Greece)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Megara",
          "Megara#English"
        ],
        [
          "Megaris",
          "Megaris#English"
        ],
        [
          "Attica",
          "Attica#English"
        ],
        [
          "Greece",
          "Greece#English"
        ]
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Megara"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/mé.ɡa.ra/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈme.ɣa.ra/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈme.ɣa.ra/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mé.ɡa.ra/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈme.ɡa.ra/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈme.ɣa.ra/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈme.ɣa.ra/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈme.ɣa.ra/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Μέγαρα"
}

Download raw JSONL data for Μέγαρα meaning in Ancient Greek (3.3kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Ancient Greek dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-01-03 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-01-01 using wiktextract (eaedd02 and 8fbd9e8). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.