Μελάμπους

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From μέλᾱς (mélās, “dark; black”) +‎ πούς (poús, “foot”).

Pronunciation
 

Proper noun

Μελᾰ́μπους • (Melámpous) m (genitive Μελᾰ́μποδος); third declension

  1. Melampus

Inflection
Third declension of ἡ Μελᾰ́μπους; τῆς Μελᾰ́μποδος (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ἡ Μελᾰ́μπους
hē Melámpous
Genitive τῆς Μελᾰ́μποδος
tês Melámpodos
Dative τῇ Μελᾰ́μποδῐ
têi Melámpodi
Accusative τὴν Μελᾰ́μποδᾰ
tḕn Melámpoda
Vocative Μελᾰ́μπους
Melámpous
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
  • Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Descendants
  • Catalan: Melamp
  • French: Mélampous
  • Greek: Μελάμπους (Melámpous)
  • Italian: Melampo
  • Latin: Melampūs
  • Russian: Мелампод (Melampod)
  • Translingual: Melampus

References
  • “Μελάμπους”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,016
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