Μανεθών

Μανεθών

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Μᾰνέθω (Manéthō), Μᾰνέθως (Manéthōs), Μᾰ́νεθος (Mánethos), Μᾰνέθωθ (Manéthōth)

Etymology

Borrowed from Egyptian; candidates for the original etymon include mry-nṯr-ꜥꜣ (literally “beloved of the Great God”),[1] mꜣꜥ-n-ḏḥwtj (literally “true to Thoth”), and mry-n-nt (literally “beloved of Neith”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ma.ne.tʰɔ̌ːn/ → /ma.neˈθon/ → /ma.neˈθon/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ma.ne.tʰɔ̌ːn/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ma.neˈtʰon/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ma.neˈθon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ma.neˈθon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ma.neˈθon/

Proper noun

Μᾰνεθών • (Manethṓn) m (genitive Μᾰνεθῶνος); third declension

1. a male given name from Egyptian: Manetho, an Egyptian priest at Sebennytus

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Μᾰνεθών; τοῦ Μᾰνεθῶνος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Μᾰνεθών ho Manethṓn
Genitive	τοῦ Μᾰνεθῶνος toû Manethônos
Dative	τῷ Μᾰνεθῶνῐ tôi Manethôni
Accusative	τὸν Μᾰνεθῶνᾰ tòn Manethôna
Vocative	Μᾰνεθών Manethṓn
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: Manethō
  • → English: Manetho

Further reading

• Μανεθών in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette

1. Gundacker, Roman (2015) “The Chronology of the Third and Fourth Dynasties according to Manetho’s Aegyptiaca” in Towards a New History for the Egyptian Old Kingdom, page 77