μυροβλύτης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From μύρον (múron) + βλύζω (blúzō) + -της (-tēs).

Noun

μυροβλύτης (muroblútēs) m (genitive μυροβλύτου); first declension

  1. myroblyte

Inflection

Greek

Etymology

From Mediaeval Byzantine Greek μυροβλύτης (muroblútēs), from the anicent μῠ́ρ(ον) (múron) + -ο- (infix) + the Hellenistic verb βλύ(ζω) (blúzō) + -της (-tis).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mi.ɾoˈvli.tis/
  • Hyphenation: μυ‧ρο‧βλύ‧της

Noun

μυροβλύτης (myrovlýtis) m (plural μυροβλύτες, feminine μυροβλύτισσα) (usually in the singular)

  1. myroblyte
    άγιος Δημήτριος ο Μυροβλύτηςágios Dimítrios o Myrovlýtissaint Demetrius the Myroblyte

Usage notes

  • As epithet of saints, used with capital first letter.

Declension

  • μυροβλυσία f (myrovlysía) (mediaeval)
  • μυρόβλυτος (myróvlytos)
  • μυροβόλος (myrovólos)
  • and see: μύρο n (mýro, myrrh) & the mediaeval verb μυροβλυτῶ (muroblutô)

References

  1. μυροβλύτης - Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.

Further reading

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