Μυτιλήνη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From μίτυλος (mítulos, “hornless?”). Or μύτιλος (mútilos, “maimed, mutilated”), related to Latin mutilus and also derived into English mutilate.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /my.ti.lɛ̌ː.nɛː/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /my.tiˈle.ne/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /my.tiˈli.ni/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /my.tiˈli.ni/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /mi.tiˈli.ni/

Proper noun

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

the city of Mytilene, in Lesbos, Greece
the island, Lesbos

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Μῠτῐλήνη; τῆς Μῠτῐλήνης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Μῠτῐλήνη hē Mutilḗnē
Genitive	τῆς Μῠτῐλήνης tês Mutilḗnēs
Dative	τῇ Μῠτῐλήνῃ têi Mutilḗnēi
Accusative	τὴν Μῠτῐλήνην tḕn Mutilḗnēn
Vocative	Μῠτῐλήνη Mutilḗnē
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

Μυτιληναῖος (Mutilēnaîos)

Descendants

Greek: Μυτιλήνη (Mytilíni)
Latin: Mytilene
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 Ancient Greek Μυτιλήνη (Mutilḗnē).

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Μυτιλήνη • (Mytilíni) f

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

Declension

Declension of Μυτιλήνη (Mytilíni)

	singular
nominative	Μυτιλήνη •
genitive	Μυτιλήνης •
accusative	Μυτιλήνη •
vocative	Μυτιλήνη •

Synonyms

Λέσβος f (Lésvos, “Lesbos”)

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

Μυτιλήνη on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el

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