μέλκιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *h₂melǵ-, with cognates such as Old Church Slavonic млѣко (mlěko), Lithuanian malkas, and Latvian malks.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /mél.ki.on/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈmɛl.ki.on/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈmel.ki.on/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈmel.ci.on/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈmel.ci.on/

Noun

μέλκιον • (mélkion)

Hesychius' gives the definition as: κρήνη (krḗnē, “spring, fountain”), νύμφαι (númphai, “springs”), παίγνιον (paígnion, “play thing, toy”).

References

μέλκιον in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
μέλκιον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
Hesychius' Lexicon: μ

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