Menelaus

English

Etymology

From Latin Menelāus, from Ancient Greek Μενέλαος (Menélaos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌmɛn.ɪˈleɪ.əs/

Proper noun

Menelaus

1. (Greek mythology) the king of Mycenaean Sparta, the husband of Helen of Troy, the brother of Agamemnon, the leader of the Spartan contingent of the Greek army during the Trojan War

Translations

the king of Mycenaean Sparta

• Arabic: مِنَالَاوُس m (minālāwus)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 墨涅拉奥斯 (Mòniēlā'àosī)

• French: Ménélas (fr) m
• German: Menelaos m
• Greek: Μενέλαος (el) m (Menélaos)

  Ancient: Μενέλαος m (Menélaos), Μενέλεως m (Menéleōs)

• Italian: Menelao (it) m
• Japanese: メネラオス (Meneraosu)
• Korean: 메넬라오스 (Menellaoseu)
• Latin: Menelāus m
• Macedonian: Менелај m (Menelaj)
• Polish: Menelaos m
• Portuguese: Menelau m
• Russian: Менела́й (ru) m (Meneláj)
• Sicilian: Minilau m
• Spanish: Menelao (es) m

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Μενέλαος (Menélaos).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /me.neˈlaː.us/, [mɛnɛˈɫ̪äːʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /me.neˈla.us/, [meneˈläːus]

Proper noun

Menelāus m sg (genitive Menelāī); second declension

1. Menelaus, son of Atreus, brother of Agamemnon, and

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Menelāus
Genitive	Menelāī
Dative	Menelāō
Accusative	Menelāum
Ablative	Menelāō
Vocative	Menelāe

References

• “Menelaus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press