Μνῆσος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /mnɛ̂ː.sos/ → /ˈmni.sos/ → /ˈmni.sos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /mnɛ̂ː.sos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈmne̝.sos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈmni.sos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈmni.sos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈmni.sos/

Proper noun

Μνῆσος • (Mnêsos) m (genitive Μνήσου); second declension

1. (Greek mythology) Mnesus, a Paeonian slain by Achilles

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Μνῆσος; τοῦ Μνήσου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Μνῆσος ho Mnêsos
Genitive	τοῦ Μνήσου toû Mnḗsou
Dative	τῷ Μνήσῳ tôi Mnḗsōi
Accusative	τὸν Μνῆσον tòn Mnêson
Vocative	Μνῆσε Mnêse
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: Mnēsus

Further reading

• “Μνῆσος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• Μνῆσος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette