Ἀμεινίας

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Possibly related to ἀμείνων (ameínōn, “better”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.meː.ní.aːs/ → /a.miˈni.as/ → /a.miˈni.as/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.meː.ní.aːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.miˈni.as/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.miˈni.as/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.miˈni.as/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.miˈni.as/

Proper noun

Ἀμεινίᾱς • (Ameiníās) m (genitive Ἀμεινίου); first declension

1. Ameinias, a common name.
   • 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 4.132.3

Inflection

First declension of ὁ Ἀμεινίᾱς; τοῦ Ἀμεινίου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Ἀμεινίᾱς ho Ameiníās
Genitive	τοῦ Ἀμεινίου toû Ameiníou
Dative	τῷ Ἀμεινίᾳ tôi Ameiníāi
Accusative	τὸν Ἀμεινίᾱν tòn Ameiníān
Vocative	Ἀμεινίᾱ Ameiníā
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Αμεινίας (Ameinías)
• Latin: Ameinias

References

• Ἀμεινίας in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,001