μέν
See also: μεν
Ancient Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Shortened from μήν (mḗn, “verily”).[1][2]
Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /mén/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈmen/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈmen/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈmen/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈmen/
Particle
[edit]μέν • (mén) (discourse particle)
- on the one hand, while, whereas (often left untranslated)
- (before other particles) accordingly, and so
Usage notes
[edit]The main instance of the word is used to show that the word or clause with which it is attached answers to a following word or clause introduced by δέ (dé) or another equivalent particle (the particle may often be implied).
Descendants
[edit]- Greek: μεν (men)
References
[edit]- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “μήν”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 944-5
- ^ Dunkel, George E. (2014), Lexikon der indogermanischen Partikeln und Pronominalstämme [Lexicon of Indo-European Particles and Pronominal Stems][1] (in German), volume 2: Lexikon, Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, →ISBN, page 63
Further reading
[edit]- “μέν”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “μέν”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “μέν”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891), A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- μέν in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- μέν in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924), A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “μέν”, in Slater, William J. (1969), Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- G3303 in Strong, James (1979), Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible