μένος

See also: -μενος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
 

Noun

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

  1. mind
  2. desire, ardor, wish, purpose
  3. anger
  4. courage, spirit, vigor
  5. power, strength, force
  6. violence

Inflection
Third declension of τὸ μένος; τοῦ μένους (Attic)
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.
Third declension of μένος; μένεος (Epic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative μένος
ménos		 μένει / μένεε
ménei / ménee		 μένεᾰ
ménea
Genitive μένεος
méneos		 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.

Derived terms

Further reading
  • μένος in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • μένος in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • μένος in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • μένος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
  • μένος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
  • μένος 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.

References
  1. 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, pages 930-931
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