Μελπομένη
		
		
		
		
		
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Ancient Greek[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From the feminine mediopassive participle of μέλπω (mélpō, “to sing”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /mel.po.mé.nɛː/
 - (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /mɛl.poˈmɛ.ne/
 - (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[edit]
Μελπομένη • (Melpoménē) f (genitive Μελπομένης); first declension
Inflection[edit]
| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ Μελπομένη hē Melpoménē  | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς Μελπομένης tês Melpoménēs  | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ Μελπομένῃ têi Melpoménēi  | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν Μελπομένην tḕn Melpoménēn  | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Μελπομένη Melpoménē  | ||||||||||||
| Notes: | 
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Descendants[edit]
- Latin: Melpomene
- English: Melpomene
 
 - → Russian: Мельпоме́на (Melʹpoména)
 
See also[edit]
- (Greek mythology Muses) Muse; Καλλιόπη, Κλειώ, Ἐρατώ, Εὐτέρπη, Μελπομένη, Πολύμνια, Τερψιχόρη, Θάλεια, Οὐρανία
 
Further reading[edit]
- Μελπομένη in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
 
Categories: 
- Ancient Greek 4-syllable words
 - Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation
 - Ancient Greek lemmas
 - Ancient Greek proper nouns
 - Ancient Greek paroxytone terms
 - Ancient Greek feminine proper nouns
 - Ancient Greek first-declension proper nouns
 - Ancient Greek feminine proper nouns in the first declension
 - grc:Greek deities