μένος

See also: -μενος

Ancient Greek

From Proto-Hellenic *ménos, from Proto-Indo-European *ménos (“mind”), from *men- (“to think”). Cognates include Avestan 𐬨𐬀𐬥𐬋 (manō) and Sanskrit मनस् (mánas).^[1]

μένος • (ménos) n (genitive μένεος or μένους); third declension

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ μένος tò ménos	τὼ μένει tṑ ménei	τᾰ̀ μένη tà ménē
Genitive	τοῦ μένους toû ménous	τοῖν μενοῖν toîn menoîn	τῶν μενῶν tôn menôn
Dative	τῷ μένει tôi ménei	τοῖν μενοῖν toîn menoîn	τοῖς μένεσῐ / μένεσῐν toîs ménesi(n)
Accusative	τὸ μένος tò ménos	τὼ μένει tṑ ménei	τᾰ̀ μένη tà ménē
Vocative	μένος ménos	μένει ménei	μένη ménē
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	μένος ménos	μένει / μένεε ménei / ménee	μένεᾰ ménea
Genitive	μένεος / μένευς méneos / méneus	μενέοιν menéoin	μενέων menéōn
Dative	μένει / μένεῐ̈ ménei / méneï	μενέοιν menéoin	μένεσῐ / μένεσῐν ménesi(n)
Accusative	μένος ménos	μένει / μένεε ménei / ménee	μένεᾰ ménea
Vocative	μένος ménos	μένει / μένεε ménei / ménee	μένεᾰ ménea
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “μένος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 930-931

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Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
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