"μηλολόνθη" meaning in Ancient Greek

See μηλολόνθη in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /mɛː.lo.lón.tʰɛː/, /mi.loˈlon.θi/, /mi.loˈlon.θi/, /mɛː.lo.lón.tʰɛː/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /me̝.loˈlon.tʰe̝/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /mi.loˈlon.θi/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /mi.loˈlon.θi/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /mi.loˈlon.θi/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: Possibly from μῆλον (mêlon, “apple, fruit”) + ὄλλυμι (óllumi, “destroy”). But rather from μῆλον (mêlon, “sheep”) + ὄλυνθος (ólunthos, “wild fig”). Etymology templates: {{compound|grc|μῆλον|ὄλλυμι|t1=apple, fruit|t2=destroy}} μῆλον (mêlon, “apple, fruit”) + ὄλλυμι (óllumi, “destroy”), {{compound|grc|μῆλον|ὄλυνθος|t1=sheep|t2=wild fig}} μῆλον (mêlon, “sheep”) + ὄλυνθος (ólunthos, “wild fig”) Head templates: {{grc-noun|μηλολόνθης|f|first}} μηλολόνθη • (mēlolónthē) f (genitive μηλολόνθης); first declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|μηλολόνθη|μηλολόνθης|form=F}} Forms: mēlolónthē [romanization], μηλολόνθης [genitive], Attic declension-1 [table-tags], ἡ μηλολόνθη [nominative, singular], τὼ μηλολόνθᾱ [dual, nominative], αἱ μηλολόνθαι [nominative, plural], τῆς μηλολόνθης [genitive, singular], τοῖν μηλολόνθαιν [dual, genitive], τῶν μηλολονθῶν [genitive, plural], τῇ μηλολόνθῃ [dative, singular], τοῖν μηλολόνθαιν [dative, dual], ταῖς μηλολόνθαις [dative, plural], τὴν μηλολόνθην [accusative, singular], τὼ μηλολόνθᾱ [accusative, dual], τᾱ̀ς μηλολόνθᾱς [accusative, plural], μηλολόνθη [singular, vocative], μηλολόνθᾱ [dual, vocative], μηλολόνθαι [plural, vocative]
  1. cockchafer (Melolontha melolontha) Categories (lifeform): Insects
    Sense id: en-μηλολόνθη-grc-noun-cRwiadK2 Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension, Pages with 1 entry
     
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          "args": {
            "1": "mul",
            "2": "Melolontha",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Translingual: Melolontha",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Translingual: Melolontha"
    }
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        "3": "ὄλλυμι",
        "t1": "apple, fruit",
        "t2": "destroy"
      },
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      "name": "compound"
    },
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      "args": {
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        "2": "μῆλον",
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      "name": "compound"
    }
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  "etymology_text": "Possibly from μῆλον (mêlon, “apple, fruit”) + ὄλλυμι (óllumi, “destroy”). But rather from μῆλον (mêlon, “sheep”) + ὄλυνθος (ólunthos, “wild fig”).",
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    {
      "form": "mēlolónthē",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μηλολόνθης",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Attic declension-1",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "First declension",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἡ μηλολόνθη",
      "roman": "hē mēlolónthē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ μηλολόνθᾱ",
      "roman": "tṑ mēlolónthā",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "nominative"
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      "form": "αἱ μηλολόνθαι",
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῆς μηλολόνθης",
      "roman": "tês mēlolónthēs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν μηλολόνθαιν",
      "roman": "toîn mēlolónthain",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῶν μηλολονθῶν",
      "roman": "tôn mēlolonthôn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῇ μηλολόνθῃ",
      "roman": "têi mēlolónthēi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν μηλολόνθαιν",
      "roman": "toîn mēlolónthain",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ταῖς μηλολόνθαις",
      "roman": "taîs mēlolónthais",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὴν μηλολόνθην",
      "roman": "tḕn mēlolónthēn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ μηλολόνθᾱ",
      "roman": "tṑ mēlolónthā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾱ̀ς μηλολόνθᾱς",
      "roman": "tā̀s mēlolónthās",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μηλολόνθη",
      "roman": "mēlolónthē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μηλολόνθᾱ",
      "roman": "mēlolónthā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μηλολόνθαι",
      "roman": "mēlolónthai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "μηλολόνθης",
        "2": "f",
        "3": "first"
      },
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      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "μηλολόνθη",
        "2": "μηλολόνθης",
        "form": "F"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "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 feminine nouns in the first declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "lifeform",
          "langcode": "grc",
          "name": "Insects",
          "orig": "grc:Insects",
          "parents": [
            "Arthropods",
            "Animals",
            "Lifeforms",
            "All topics",
            "Life",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nature"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "cockchafer (Melolontha melolontha)"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "cockchafer",
          "cockchafer"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/mɛː.lo.lón.tʰɛː/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mi.loˈlon.θi/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mi.loˈlon.θi/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mɛː.lo.lón.tʰɛː/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/me̝.loˈlon.tʰe̝/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mi.loˈlon.θi/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mi.loˈlon.θi/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mi.loˈlon.θi/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "μηλολόνθη"
}

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      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "mul",
            "2": "Melolontha",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Translingual: Melolontha",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Translingual: Melolontha"
    }
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        "3": "ὄλλυμι",
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      },
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      "name": "compound"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "μῆλον",
        "3": "ὄλυνθος",
        "t1": "sheep",
        "t2": "wild fig"
      },
      "expansion": "μῆλον (mêlon, “sheep”) + ὄλυνθος (ólunthos, “wild fig”)",
      "name": "compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Possibly from μῆλον (mêlon, “apple, fruit”) + ὄλλυμι (óllumi, “destroy”). But rather from μῆλον (mêlon, “sheep”) + ὄλυνθος (ólunthos, “wild fig”).",
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    {
      "form": "mēlolónthē",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μηλολόνθης",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "Attic declension-1",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "inflection-template"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "First declension",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
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    },
    {
      "form": "ἡ μηλολόνθη",
      "roman": "hē mēlolónthē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ μηλολόνθᾱ",
      "roman": "tṑ mēlolónthā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "αἱ μηλολόνθαι",
      "roman": "hai mēlolónthai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῆς μηλολόνθης",
      "roman": "tês mēlolónthēs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν μηλολόνθαιν",
      "roman": "toîn mēlolónthain",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῶν μηλολονθῶν",
      "roman": "tôn mēlolonthôn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῇ μηλολόνθῃ",
      "roman": "têi mēlolónthēi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν μηλολόνθαιν",
      "roman": "toîn mēlolónthain",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ταῖς μηλολόνθαις",
      "roman": "taîs mēlolónthais",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὴν μηλολόνθην",
      "roman": "tḕn mēlolónthēn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ μηλολόνθᾱ",
      "roman": "tṑ mēlolónthā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾱ̀ς μηλολόνθᾱς",
      "roman": "tā̀s mēlolónthās",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μηλολόνθη",
      "roman": "mēlolónthē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μηλολόνθᾱ",
      "roman": "mēlolónthā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μηλολόνθαι",
      "roman": "mēlolónthai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "μηλολόνθης",
        "2": "f",
        "3": "first"
      },
      "expansion": "μηλολόνθη • (mēlolónthē) f (genitive μηλολόνθης); first declension",
      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "μηλολόνθη",
        "2": "μηλολόνθης",
        "form": "F"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    }
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  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "Ancient Greek compound terms",
        "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
        "Ancient Greek feminine nouns",
        "Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension",
        "Ancient Greek first-declension nouns",
        "Ancient Greek lemmas",
        "Ancient Greek nouns",
        "Ancient Greek paroxytone terms",
        "Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation",
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        "Pages with 1 entry",
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      ],
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      ],
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        [
          "cockchafer",
          "cockchafer"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/mɛː.lo.lón.tʰɛː/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mi.loˈlon.θi/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mi.loˈlon.θi/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mɛː.lo.lón.tʰɛː/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/me̝.loˈlon.tʰe̝/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mi.loˈlon.θi/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mi.loˈlon.θi/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mi.loˈlon.θi/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "μηλολόνθη"
}

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