Μηλινόη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Possibly derived from μήλινος (mḗlinos, “of a quince-yellow color”). The color was supposedly associated with the pallor of illness for the Ancient Greeks, connecting with Melinoe's status as a chthonic figure.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /mɛː.li.nó.ɛː/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /me̝.liˈno.e̝/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /mi.liˈno.i/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /mi.liˈno.i/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /mi.liˈno.i/

Proper noun

Μηλῐνόη • (Mēlĭnóē) f (genitive Μηλῐνόης); first declension

Melinoe
- Orphic Hymns, 71:
  Μηλινόην καλέω, νύμφην χθονίην, κροκόπεπλον
  Mēlinóēn kaléō, númphēn khthoníēn, krokópeplon
  I call upon Melinoë, saffron-cloaked nymph of the earth

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Μηλῐνόη; τῆς Μηλῐνόης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Μηλῐνόη hē Mēlĭnóē
Genitive	τῆς Μηλῐνόης tês Mēlĭnóēs
Dative	τῇ Μηλῐνόῃ tēî Mēlĭnóēi
Accusative	τὴν Μηλῐνόην tḕn Mēlĭnóēn
Vocative	Μηλῐνόη Mēlĭnóē
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

English: Melinoe

References

Μηλινόη in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette