Μινύης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /mi.ný.ɛːs/ → /miˈny.is/ → /miˈni.is/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /mi.ný.ɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /miˈny.e̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /miˈny.is/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /miˈny.is/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /miˈni.is/

Noun

Μῐνῠ́ης • (Minúēs) m (genitive Μῐνῠ́ου); first declension

1. one of the Minyae; a minyan

Inflection

First declension of ὁ Μῐνῠ́ης; τοῦ Μῐνῠ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ Μῐνῠ́ης ho Minúēs	τὼ Μῐνῠ́ᾱ tṑ Minúā	οἱ Μῐνῠ́αι hoi Minúai
Genitive	τοῦ Μῐνῠ́ου toû Minúou	τοῖν Μῐνῠ́αιν toîn Minúain	τῶν Μῐνῠῶν tôn Minuôn
Dative	τῷ Μῐνῠ́ῃ tôi Minúēi	τοῖν Μῐνῠ́αιν toîn Minúain	τοῖς Μῐνῠ́αις toîs Minúais
Accusative	τὸν Μῐνῠ́ην tòn Minúēn	τὼ Μῐνῠ́ᾱ tṑ Minúā	τοὺς Μῐνῠ́ᾱς toùs Minúās
Vocative	Μῐνῠ́η Minúē	Μῐνῠ́ᾱ Minúā	Μῐνῠ́αι Minúai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Μῐνῠ́ειος (Minúeios)

Descendants

• English: minyan
• Greek: Μινύης (Minýis)
• Latin: Minyēs

References

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,017