μηλωτρίς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Ultimately from μήλη (mḗlē, “probe”).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

μηλωτρῐ́ς • (mēlōtrís) f (genitive μηλωτρῐ́δος); third declension

  1. instrument for probing, especially for cleaning the ears

Declension
Third declension of ἡ μηλωτρῐ́ς; τῆς μηλωτρῐ́δος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ μηλωτρῐ́ς
hē mēlōtrís		 τὼ μηλωτρῐ́δε
tṑ mēlōtríde		 αἱ μηλωτρῐ́δες
hai mēlōtrídes
Genitive τῆς μηλωτρῐ́δος
tês mēlōtrídos		 τοῖν μηλωτρῐ́δοιν
toîn mēlōtrídoin		 τῶν μηλωτρῐ́δων
tôn mēlōtrídōn
Dative τῇ μηλωτρῐ́δῐ
têi mēlōtrídi		 τοῖν μηλωτρῐ́δοιν
toîn mēlōtrídoin		 ταῖς μηλωτρῐ́σῐ / μηλωτρῐ́σῐν
taîs mēlōtrísi(n)
Accusative τὴν μηλωτρῐ́δᾰ
tḕn mēlōtrída		 τὼ μηλωτρῐ́δε
tṑ mēlōtríde		 τᾱ̀ς μηλωτρῐ́δᾰς
tā̀s mēlōtrídas
Vocative μηλωτρῐ́ς
mēlōtrís		 μηλωτρῐ́δε
mēlōtríde		 μηλωτρῐ́δες
mēlōtrídes
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.

Derived terms
  • μηλωτρίδιον (mēlōtrídion)

Descendants
  • → Latin: mēlōtris

Further reading
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