Μένανδρος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From μένος (ménos, “force”) +‎ ἀνήρ (anḗr, “man”) +‎ -ος (-os).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /mé.nan.dros/ → /ˈme.nan.dros/ → /ˈme.nan.dros/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /mé.nan.dros/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈme.nan.dros/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈme.nan.dros/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈme.nan.dros/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈme.nan.dros/

Proper noun

Μένανδρος • (Ménandros) m (genitive Μενάνδρου); second declension

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Menander
2. in particular, the comic playwright Menander

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Μένανδρος; τοῦ Μενάνδρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Μένανδρος ho Ménandros
Genitive	τοῦ Μενάνδρου toû Menándrou
Dative	τῷ Μενάνδρῳ tôi Menándrōi
Accusative	τὸν Μένανδρον tòn Ménandron
Vocative	Μένανδρε Ménandre
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Μένανδρος (Ménandros)
• Latin: Menander, Menandrus, Menandros

References

• “Μένανδρος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,017