ἀμενηνός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀ- (a-) +‎ μένος (ménos) +‎ -ηνός (-ēnós).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.me.nɛː.nós/ → /a.me.niˈnos/ → /a.me.niˈnos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.me.nɛː.nós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.me.ne̝ˈnos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.me.niˈnos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.me.niˈnos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.me.niˈnos/

Adjective

ἀμενηνός • (amenēnós) m or f (neuter ἀμενηνόν); second declension

1. powerless, fleeting, feeble

Declension

Second declension of ᾰ̓μενηνός; ᾰ̓μενηνόν (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ᾰ̓μενηνός ămenēnós	ᾰ̓μενηνόν ămenēnón		ᾰ̓μενηνώ ămenēnṓ	ᾰ̓μενηνώ ămenēnṓ		ᾰ̓μενηνοί ămenēnoí	ᾰ̓μενηνᾰ́ ămenēnắ
Genitive		ᾰ̓μενηνοῦ ămenēnoû	ᾰ̓μενηνοῦ ămenēnoû		ᾰ̓μενηνοῖν ămenēnoîn	ᾰ̓μενηνοῖν ămenēnoîn		ᾰ̓μενηνῶν ămenēnôn	ᾰ̓μενηνῶν ămenēnôn
Dative		ᾰ̓μενηνῷ ămenēnôi	ᾰ̓μενηνῷ ămenēnôi		ᾰ̓μενηνοῖν ămenēnoîn	ᾰ̓μενηνοῖν ămenēnoîn		ᾰ̓μενηνοῖς ămenēnoîs	ᾰ̓μενηνοῖς ămenēnoîs
Accusative		ᾰ̓μενηνόν ămenēnón	ᾰ̓μενηνόν ămenēnón		ᾰ̓μενηνώ ămenēnṓ	ᾰ̓μενηνώ ămenēnṓ		ᾰ̓μενηνούς ămenēnoús	ᾰ̓μενηνᾰ́ ămenēnắ
Vocative		ᾰ̓μενηνέ ămenēné	ᾰ̓μενηνόν ămenēnón		ᾰ̓μενηνώ ămenēnṓ	ᾰ̓μενηνώ ămenēnṓ		ᾰ̓μενηνοί ămenēnoí	ᾰ̓μενηνᾰ́ ămenēnắ
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ᾰ̓μενηνῶς ămenēnôs			ᾰ̓μενηνότερος ămenēnóteros			ᾰ̓μενηνότᾰτος ămenēnótătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ἀμενηνός”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἀμενηνός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀμενηνός in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• ἀμενηνός in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• “ἀμενηνός”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
• “ἀμενηνός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press