μῆνις
See also: μήνις
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
Etymology
Cf. Sanskrit मेनि (mení, “wrath, revenge, vengeance”), Sanskrit मन्यु (manyú, “anger, sorrow, spirit”), Albanian mëni, mëri (anger, sorrow). Alternately, following Beekes, a religious Lua error in Module:parameters at line 333: Parameter 2 should be a valid language, etymology language or family code; the value "pregrc" is not valid. See WT:LOL, WT:LOL/E and WT:LOF. word.[1]
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /mɛ̂ː.nis/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈme̝.nis/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈmi.nis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈmi.nis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈmi.nis/
Noun
μῆνῐς • (mênis) f (genitive μήνῐος or μήνῐδος); third declension
Inflection
The alternative accusative singular, genitive singular and genitive plural forms with δ are first attested in late antiquity.
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ μῆνῐς hē mênis |
τὼ μήνῐε tṑ mḗnie |
αἱ μήνῐες hai mḗnies | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς μήνῐος tês mḗnios |
τοῖν μηνῐ́οιν toîn mēníoin |
τῶν μηνῐ́ων tôn mēníōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ μήνῑ têi mḗnī |
τοῖν μηνῐ́οιν toîn mēníoin |
ταῖς μήνῐσῐ / μήνῐσῐν taîs mḗnisi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν μῆνῐν tḕn mênin |
τὼ μήνῐε tṑ mḗnie |
τᾱ̀ς μήνῑς / μήνῐᾰς tā̀s mḗnīs / mḗnias | ||||||||||
Vocative | μῆνῐ mêni |
μήνῐε mḗnie |
μήνῐες mḗnies | ||||||||||
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Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ μῆνῐς hē mênis |
τὼ μήνῐδε tṑ mḗnide |
αἱ μήνῐδες hai mḗnides | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς μήνῐδος tês mḗnidos |
τοῖν μηνῐ́δοιν toîn mēnídoin |
τῶν μηνῐ́δων tôn mēnídōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ μήνῐδῐ têi mḗnidi |
τοῖν μηνῐ́δοιν toîn mēnídoin |
ταῖς μήνῐσῐ / μήνῐσῐν taîs mḗnisi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν μήνῐδᾰ tḕn mḗnida |
τὼ μήνῐδε tṑ mḗnide |
τᾱ̀ς μήνῐδᾰς tā̀s mḗnidas | ||||||||||
Vocative | μῆνῐς mênis |
μήνῐδε mḗnide |
μήνῐδες mḗnides | ||||||||||
Notes: |
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References
- “μῆνις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “μῆνις”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “μῆνις”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- μῆνις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- μῆνις in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- anger idem, page 29.
- indignation idem, page 433.
- ire idem, page 459.
- passion idem, page 597.
- rage idem, page 668.
- Wilhelm Pape, Handwörterbuch der griechischen Sprache: μῆνις
- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “μῆνις [f.]”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume II, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 946