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 ἀ̆μενηνός; ἀ̆μενηνόν (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἀ̆μενηνός amenēnós	ἀ̆μενηνόν amenēnón		ἀ̆μενηνώ amenēnṓ	ἀ̆μενηνώ amenēnṓ		ἀ̆μενηνοί amenēnoí	ἀ̆μενηνᾰ́ amenēná
Genitive		ἀ̆μενηνοῦ amenēnoû	ἀ̆μενηνοῦ amenēnoû		ἀ̆μενηνοῖν amenēnoîn	ἀ̆μενηνοῖν amenēnoîn		ἀ̆μενηνῶν amenēnôn	ἀ̆μενηνῶν amenēnôn
Dative		ἀ̆μενηνῷ amenēnôi	ἀ̆μενηνῷ amenēnôi		ἀ̆μενηνοῖν amenēnoîn	ἀ̆μενηνοῖν amenēnoîn		ἀ̆μενηνοῖς amenēnoîs	ἀ̆μενηνοῖς amenēnoîs
Accusative		ἀ̆μενηνόν amenēnón	ἀ̆μενηνόν amenēnón		ἀ̆μενηνώ amenēnṓ	ἀ̆μενηνώ amenēnṓ		ἀ̆μενηνούς amenēnoús	ἀ̆μενηνᾰ́ amenēná
Vocative		ἀ̆μενηνέ amenēné	ἀ̆μενηνόν amenēnón		ἀ̆μενηνώ amenēnṓ	ἀ̆μενηνώ amenēnṓ		ἀ̆μενηνοί amenēnoí	ἀ̆μενηνᾰ́ amenēná
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ἀ̆μενηνῶς amenēnôs			ἀ̆μενηνότερος amenēnóteros			ἀ̆μενηνότᾰτος amenēnótatos
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 (2006–2024)
• “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