Menelaus

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌmɛn.ɪˈleɪ.əs/

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Proper noun

Menelaus

1. (Greek mythology) The king of Mycenaean Sparta, the husband of Helen of Troy, the brother of Agamemnon, and 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 Greek: 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)
• Marathi: मेनेलाउस m (menelāus)
• Polish: Menelaos m
• Portuguese: Menelau m
• Russian: Менела́й (ru) m (Meneláj)
• Sicilian: Minilau m
• Spanish: Menelao (es) m

See also

• Menelaos

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Μενέλᾱος (Menélāos).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [mɛ.nɛˈɫaː.ʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [me.neˈlaː.us]

Proper noun

Menelāus m sg (genitive Menelāī); second declension

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

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

	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