Μενέλαος
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Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- Μενέλεως (Menéleōs)
Etymology
From either μένω (ménō, “stay, wait for”) or μένος (ménos, “vigor, power”) and λᾱός (lāós, “people”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /me.né.laː.os/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /meˈne.la.os/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /meˈne.la.os/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /meˈne.la.os/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /meˈne.la.os/
Proper noun
Μενέλᾱος • (Menélāos) m (genitive Μενελάου); second declension
- a male given name: Menelaus
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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| Nominative | ὁ Μενέλᾱος ho Menélāos | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ Μενελᾱ́ου toû Menelā́ou | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ Μενελᾱ́ῳ tôi Menelā́ōi | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν Μενέλᾱον tòn Menélāon | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Μενέλᾱε Menélāe | ||||||||||||
| Notes: |
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| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ Μενέλως / Μενέλεως ho Menél(e)ōs | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ Μενέλω / Μενέλεω toû Menél(e)ō | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ Μενέλῳ / Μενέλεῳ tôi Menél(e)ōi | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν Μενέλω / Μενέλεων tòn Menél(e)ō(n) | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Μενέλως / Μενέλεως Menél(e)ōs | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
- Greek: Μενέλαος (Menélaos), Μενέλας (Menélas)
- Arabic: مِنَالَاوُس (minālāwus)
- Latin: Menelaus
References
- “Μενέλαος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Μενέλαος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “Μενέλαος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,017
Greek
Proper noun
Μενέλαος • (Menélaos) m
Declension
Μενέλαος
Coordinate terms
- Αγαμέμνονας m (Agamémnonas, “Agamemnon”)
Further reading
Μενέλαος on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
