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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From μένος (ménos, “force”) + ἀνήρ (anḗr, “man”) + -ος (-os).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mé.nan.dros/ → /ˈme.nan.dros/ → /ˈme.nan.dros/
Proper noun
Μένανδρος • (Ménandros) m (genitive Μενάνδρου); second declension
- a male given name, equivalent to English Menander
- in particular, the comic playwright Menander
Inflection
Descendants
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, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,017