Μήνης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Egyptian (mnj).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /mɛ̌ː.nɛːs/ → /ˈmi.nis/ → /ˈmi.nis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /mɛ̌ː.nɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈme̝.ne̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈmi.nis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈmi.nis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈmi.nis/

Proper noun

Μήνης • (Mḗnēs)

1. A male given name of historical usage, notably borne by Menes, uniter of Upper and Lower Egypt and founder of the First Dynasty of Egypt

Inflection

First declension of ὁ Μήνης; τοῦ Μήνου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Μήνης ho Mḗnēs
Genitive	τοῦ Μήνου toû Mḗnou
Dative	τῷ Μήνῃ tôi Mḗnēi
Accusative	τὸν Μήνην tòn Mḗnēn
Vocative	Μήνη Mḗnē
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Greek: Μήνης (Mínis)
• → Latin: Mēnēs
  • → English: Menes
  • → French: Ménès
  • → Portuguese: Menés

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Μήνης (Mḗnēs), itself from Egyptian (mnj).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmi.nis/
• Hyphenation: Μή‧νης

Proper noun

Μήνης • (Mínis)

1. A male given name of historical usage, notably borne by Menes, uniter of Upper and Lower Egypt and founder of the First Dynasty of Egypt

Declension

Declension of Μήνης

	singular
nominative	Μήνης (Mínis)
genitive	Μήνη (Míni)
accusative	Μήνη (Míni)
vocative	Μήνη (Míni)