Μενέλαος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms
  • Μενέλεως (Menéleōs)

Etymology

From either μένω (ménō, “stay, wait for”) or μένος (ménos, “vigor, power”) and λᾱός (lāós, “people”).

Pronunciation
 

Proper noun

Μενέλᾱος • (Menélāos) m (genitive Μενελάου); second declension

  1. A male given name: Menelaus

Inflection
Second declension of ὁ Μενέλᾱος; τοῦ Μενελᾱ́ου (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ὁ Μενέλᾱος
ho Menélāos
Genitive τοῦ Μενελᾱ́ου
toû Menelā́ou
Dative τῷ Μενελᾱ́ῳ
tôi Menelā́ōi
Accusative τὸν Μενέλᾱον
tòn Menélāon
Vocative Μενέλᾱε
Menélāe
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

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

  1. (Greek mythology) Menelaus

Declension
Declension of Μενέλαος (Menélaos)
singular
nominative Μενέλαος •
genitive Μενελάου •
accusative Μενέλαο •
vocative Μενέλαε •

Coordinate terms

Further reading
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