Μυτιλήνη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Anatolian origin. Possibly related to Hittite [script needed] (Muwatalli).

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Μῠτῐλήνη • (Mutilḗnē) f (genitive Μῠτῐλήνης); first declension

  1. the city of Mytilene, in Lesbos, Greece
  2. the island, Lesbos

Inflection

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
  • Latin: Mytilene
  • Ottoman Turkish: مدللی (Midilli)
    • Turkish: Midilli

Further reading

  • Μυτιλήνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Μυτιλήνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,018

Greek

Etymology

From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mitiˈlini/
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  • Hyphenation: Μυ‧τι‧λή‧νη

Proper noun

Μυτιλήνη • (Mytilíni) f

  1. Mytilene (main town on the island of Lesbos)
  2. (figuratively) Mytilene, Lesbos (third largest island in Greece)

Declension

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • Μυτιληνιός m (Mytiliniós, male from Mytilene)
  • Μυτιληναίος m (Mytilinaíos, male from Mytilene)
  • Μυτιληνιά f (Mytiliniá, female from Mytilene)
  • Μυτιληναία f (Mytilinaía, female from Mytilene)
  • μυτιληναίικος (mytilinaíikos) (adjective)
  • μυτιληνιός (mytiliniós) (adjective)

Further reading

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