Μένανδρος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From μένος (ménos, “force”) + ἀνήρ (anḗr, “man”) + -ος (-os).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /mé.nan.dros/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈme.nan.dros/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈme.nan.dros/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈme.nan.dros/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈme.nan.dros/
Proper noun
Μένανδρος • (Ménandros) m (genitive Μενάνδρου); second declension
- a male given name, equivalent to English Menander
- in particular, the comic playwright Menander
Inflection
Second declension of ὁ Μένανδρος; τοῦ Μενάνδρου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ Μένανδρος ho Ménandros | ||||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ Μενάνδρου toû Menándrou | ||||||||||||
Dative | τῷ Μενάνδρῳ tôi Menándrōi | ||||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν Μένανδρον tòn Ménandron | ||||||||||||
Vocative | Μένανδρε Ménandre | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
- Greek: Μένανδρος (Ménandros)
- Latin: Menander, Menandrus, Menandros
References
- “Μένανδρος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,017