μηνάνθος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From μήνη (mḗnē, “moon”) +‎ ἄνθος (ánthos, “flower”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /mɛː.nán.tʰos/ → /miˈnan.θos/ → /miˈnan.θos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /mɛː.nán.tʰos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /me̝ˈnan.tʰos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /miˈnan.θos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /miˈnan.θos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /miˈnan.θos/

Noun

μηνᾰ́νθος • (mēnắnthos) m (genitive μηνᾰ́νθου); second declension

1. fringed water lily (Nymphoides peltata)

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ μηνᾰ́νθος; τοῦ μηνᾰ́νθου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ μηνᾰ́νθος ho mēnắnthos	τὼ μηνᾰ́νθω tṑ mēnắnthō	οἱ μηνᾰ́νθοι hoi mēnắnthoi
Genitive	τοῦ μηνᾰ́νθου toû mēnắnthou	τοῖν μηνᾰ́νθοιν toîn mēnắnthoin	τῶν μηνᾰ́νθων tôn mēnắnthōn
Dative	τῷ μηνᾰ́νθῳ tôi mēnắnthōi	τοῖν μηνᾰ́νθοιν toîn mēnắnthoin	τοῖς μηνᾰ́νθοις toîs mēnắnthois
Accusative	τὸν μηνᾰ́νθον tòn mēnắnthon	τὼ μηνᾰ́νθω tṑ mēnắnthō	τοὺς μηνᾰ́νθους toùs mēnắnthous
Vocative	μηνᾰ́νθε mēnắnthe	μηνᾰ́νθω mēnắnthō	μηνᾰ́νθοι mēnắnthoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “μηνάνθος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press