μέδιμνος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms
  • ϝεδιμνος (wedimnos)

Etymology

Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *med- (“to measure”) and cognate with Ancient Greek μέδομαι (médomai, “to provide for”), Latin modus (“measure; manner”) and Proto-Germanic *mētō (“measure”). According to Beekes, from Pre-Greek because of the presence of the cluster "-μν-".

Pronunciation
 

Noun

μέδιμνος • (médimnos) m (genitive μεδίμνου); second declension

  1. corn measure, bushel
  2. pipe of a fountain (in Magna Graecia)

Inflection
Second declension of ὁ μέδιμνος; τοῦ μεδίμνου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ μέδιμνος
ho médimnos		 τὼ μεδίμνω
tṑ medímnō		 οἱ μέδιμνοι
hoi médimnoi
Genitive τοῦ μεδίμνου
toû medímnou		 τοῖν μεδίμνοιν
toîn medímnoin		 τῶν μεδίμνων
tôn medímnōn
Dative τῷ μεδίμνῳ
tôi medímnōi		 τοῖν μεδίμνοιν
toîn medímnoin		 τοῖς μεδίμνοις
toîs medímnois
Accusative τὸν μέδιμνον
tòn médimnon		 τὼ μεδίμνω
tṑ medímnō		 τοὺς μεδίμνους
toùs medímnous
Vocative μέδιμνε
médimne		 μεδίμνω
medímnō		 μέδιμνοι
médimnoi
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms
  • ἡμέδιμνον (hēmédimnon)
  • μεδιμναῖος (medimnaîos)

Descendants

Further reading
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