Μίνως

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

From the Cretan Ancient Greek word for "king." Appearing in Minoan 𐘻𐘯𐘃 Linear A tablets is (mi-nu-te), which is possibly related.[1] The term is also possibly related to Sanskrit मुनि (muni, “ascetic”) (fitting the legend of Minos living in Cretan caves), which suggests a common Proto-Indo-European origin.[2]

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Μῑ́νως • (Mī́nōs) m (genitive Μῑ́νωος or Μῑ́νω, variously declined); third declension, Attic declension

  1. (Greek mythology) Minos

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Μῑ́νως; τοῦ Μῑ́νωος (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ὁ Μῑ́νως
ho Mī́nōs
Genitive τοῦ Μῑ́νωος
toû Mī́nōos
Dative τῷ Μῑ́νῳ / Μῑ́νωῐ̈
tôi Mī́nōi / Mī́nōï
Accusative τὸν Μῑ́νω / Μῑ́νωᾰ
tòn Mī́nō / Mī́nōa
Vocative Μῑ́νως
Mī́nōs
Notes:
Attic second declension of ὁ Μῑ́νως; τοῦ Μῑ́νω (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ὁ Μῑ́νως
ho Mī́nōs
Genitive τοῦ Μῑ́νω
toû Mī́nō
Dative τῷ Μῑ́νῳ
tôi Mī́nōi
Accusative τὸν Μῑ́νω / Μῑ́νων
tòn Mī́nō(n)
Vocative Μῑ́νως
Mī́nōs
Notes:

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Greek: Μίνως (Mínos)
  • Latin: Mīnōs
  • Turkish: Minos

References

  1. ^ Hubert La Marle, Linéaire A : la première écriture syllabique de Crete, Geuthner, Paris, 4 volumes, 1997-99 (in vol. 3, ch. XIV concerns kings and meetings)
  2. ^ La Marle 1997-99.

Further reading

  • “Μίνως”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “Μίνως”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “Μίνως”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • Μίνως in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,017
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