ἀμέλδειν

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Uncertain. Perhaps connected with μέλδομαι (méldomai), although ἀμέλδειν (améldein) presupposes a root *h₂meld- whereas μέλδομαι (méldomai) more likely derives from Proto-Indo-European *(s)meld-. Beekes proposes that both forms could possibly be unified under a singular root *sh₂meld-. The term has also been connected with ἀμαλδύνω (amaldúnō), itself of uncertain etymology.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.mél.deːn/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /aˈmel.din/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /aˈmel.ðin/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /aˈmel.ðin/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /aˈmel.ðin/

Verb

ἀμέλδειν • (améldein)

(hapax legomenon) synonym of τήκω (tḗkō)

References

“ἀμέλδειν”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
ἀμέλδειν in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2026)
Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 924
Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 431
ἀμέλδειν, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
Beekes, Robert S.P. (1969), The Development of the Proto-Indo-European Laryngeals in Greek, The Hague–Paris: Mouton, →ISBN, page 86