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Μελπομένη
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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From the feminine mediopassive participle of μέλπω (mélpō, “to sing”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /mel.po.mé.nɛː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /mel.poˈme.ne̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /mel.poˈme.ni/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /mel.poˈme.ni/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /mel.poˈme.ni/
Proper noun
Μελπομένη • (Melpoménē) f (genitive Μελπομένης); first declension
Inflection
Descendants
See also
Further reading
- “Μελπομένη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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