Μελίτη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Either from Phoenician 𐤌𐤋𐤈‎ (mlṭ, “port, haven”) or a derivative of μέλι (méli, “honey”). More at Malta.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /me.lí.tɛː/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /meˈli.te̝/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /meˈli.ti/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /meˈli.ti/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /meˈli.ti/

Proper noun

Μελῐ́τη • (Melítē) f (genitive Μελῐ́της); first declension

Melita (an island in Southern Europe, in the Mediterranean Sea; modern Malta)
Melita (a city in modern Croatia; modern Mljet)

Declension

First declension of ἡ Μελῐ́τη; τῆς Μελῐ́της (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Μελῐ́τη hē Melítē
Genitive	τῆς Μελῐ́της tês Melítēs
Dative	τῇ Μελῐ́τῃ têi Melítēi
Accusative	τὴν Μελῐ́την tḕn Melítēn
Vocative	Μελῐ́τη Melítē
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

Μελῐταῖον n (Melitaîon, noun)
Μελῐτεύς (Meliteús, adjective)
Μελῐτήϊος (Melitḗïos, adjective)

Descendants

→ Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܡܝܼܠܹܛܵܐ‎ (mīleṭa)
→ French: Mélitè
→ Latin: Melita, Melitē
- Venetian: Meleda
  - → Italian: Meleda
    - → English: Meleda (obsolete)
- → Arabic: مَالِطَا‎ (māliṭā)
  - Maltese: Malta (see there for further descendants)
  - → Ottoman Turkish: مالطه‎ (malta)
    - Turkish: Malta
  - → South Levantine Arabic: مالطا‎ (mālṭa)
- → Proto-Slavic: *Mьlětъ
  - Serbo-Croatian: Mljet
    - → English: Mljet
    - → Greek: Μλιετ (Mliet)

Further reading

Μελίτη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette

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