Menelaus
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English
Etymology
From Latin Menelāus, from Ancient Greek Μενέλαος (Menélaos).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Menelaus
- (Greek mythology) the king of Mycenaean Sparta, the husband of Helen of Troy, the brother of Agamemnon, the leader of the Spartan contingent of the Greek army during the Trojan War
Translations
the king of Mycenaean Sparta
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Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Μενέλαος (Menélaos).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /me.neˈlaː.us/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /me.neˈla.us/,
Proper noun
Menelāus m sg (genitive Menelāī); second declension
Declension
Second-declension noun, singular only.
| singular | |
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| 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