"μέσπιλον" meaning in Ancient Greek

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Noun

IPA: /més.pi.lon/, /ˈmes.pi.lon/, /ˈmes.pi.lon/, /més.pi.lon/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /ˈmes.pi.lon/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ˈmes.pi.lon/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ˈmes.pi.lon/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ˈmes.pi.lon/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: A loanword of Pre-Greek origin because no Indo-European cognates can be found, as plant names are more frequently borrowed and, particularly concerning this term, the medlar is native to the regions of Iran, southwest Asia and southeastern Europe and its Black Sea coasts so that it was unknown to the speakers of Proto-Indo-European and borrowing became necessary. Possibly a cognate to Proto-Kartvelian *sxmarṭl- (“medlar”) with metathesis of the initial consonants. Etymology templates: {{bor|grc|qsb-grc}} Pre-Greek, {{cog|ccs-pro|*sxmarṭl-||medlar}} Proto-Kartvelian *sxmarṭl- (“medlar”) Head templates: {{grc-noun|μεσπίλου|n|second}} μέσπιλον • (méspilon) n (genitive μεσπίλου); second declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|μέσπῐλον|ου}} Forms: méspilon [romanization], μεσπίλου [genitive], Attic declension-2 [table-tags], τὸ μέσπῐλον [nominative, singular], τὼ μεσπῐ́λω [dual, nominative], τᾰ̀ μέσπῐλᾰ [nominative, plural], τοῦ μεσπῐ́λου [genitive, singular], τοῖν μεσπῐ́λοιν [dual, genitive], τῶν μεσπῐ́λων [genitive, plural], τῷ μεσπῐ́λῳ [dative, singular], τοῖν μεσπῐ́λοιν [dative, dual], τοῖς μεσπῐ́λοις [dative, plural], τὸ μέσπῐλον [accusative, singular], τὼ μεσπῐ́λω [accusative, dual], τᾰ̀ μέσπῐλᾰ [accusative, plural], μέσπῐλον [singular, vocative], μεσπῐ́λω [dual, vocative], μέσπῐλᾰ [plural, vocative]
  1. medlar (Mespilus germanica) Categories (lifeform): Rose family plants Synonyms: ἐπῐμηλῐ́ς, σητᾰ́νῐον, μεσπίλη (mespílē)
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      "ipa": "/ˈmes.pi.lon/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmes.pi.lon/"
    },
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      "ipa": "/ˈmes.pi.lon/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
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      "ipa": "/ˈmes.pi.lon/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
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      "ipa": "/ˈmes.pi.lon/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmes.pi.lon/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
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}
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    },
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    },
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      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
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    }
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}

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