Μήνη
See also: μήνη
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *me(n)ses- (“moon, month”), probably from Proto-Indo-European base *me- (“to measure”). Cognate with Persian ماه (mâh), Old Armenian ամիս (amis, “month”), Latin mensis (month), Old Church Slavonic месеци (meseci), Latvian mēnesis, Dutch maan, Welsh mis, Breton miz (month).
Proper noun
Μήνη • (Mḗnē) f (genitive Μήνης); first declension
- The Moon.
- δία Σελήνη, ταυρόκερως Μήνη
- divine Selene, with the horns of the bull
- —(Orphic Hymn 8 to Σελήνη)
- divine Selene, with the horns of the bull
- Μήσατο δ' άλλην γαίαν απείρατον,
- ήντε Σελήνην αθάνατοι κλήζουσιν,
- επιχθόνιοι δέ τε Μήνην
- He (God) created another endless earth (heavenly body)
- which the immortal (gods) call Selene,
- and they who live on the Earth (call) Μήνη (Mene).
- —(Orphic fragment 9 – Procl. in Timaeus)
- δία Σελήνη, ταυρόκερως Μήνη
Inflection
Synonyms
- Σελήνη (Selḗnē)
Related terms
- μήνη (mḗnē)
Descendants
Categories:
- Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Welsh links with manual fragments
- Breton links with manual fragments
- Ancient Greek lemmas
- Ancient Greek proper nouns
- Ancient Greek paroxytone terms
- Ancient Greek feminine proper nouns
- Ancient Greek first-declension proper nouns
- Ancient Greek feminine proper nouns in the first declension
- Ancient Greek feminine nouns