μενθήρη
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Uncertain. Perhaps derived from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to think, mind”), the same root of μανθάνω (manthánō, “to learn”), with a suffix -ήρη.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /men.tʰɛ̌ː.rɛː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /menˈtʰe̝.re̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /menˈθi.ri/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /menˈθi.ri/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /menˈθi.ri/
Noun
μενθήρη • (menthḗrē) f (genitive μενθήρης); first declension
- thought, care, attention
Inflection
First declension of ἡ μενθήρη; τῆς μενθήρης (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ μενθήρη hē menthḗrē | τὼ μενθήρᾱ tṑ menthḗrā | αἱ μενθῆραι hai menthêrai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς μενθήρης tês menthḗrēs | τοῖν μενθήραιν toîn menthḗrain | τῶν μενθηρῶν tôn menthērôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ μενθήρῃ têi menthḗrēi | τοῖν μενθήραιν toîn menthḗrain | ταῖς μενθήραις taîs menthḗrais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν μενθήρην tḕn menthḗrēn | τὼ μενθήρᾱ tṑ menthḗrā | τᾱ̀ς μενθήρᾱς tā̀s menthḗrās | ||||||||||
Vocative | μενθήρη menthḗrē | μενθήρᾱ menthḗrā | μενθῆραι menthêrai | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- ἀμενθήρῐστος (amenthḗristos)
- μενθηρῐ́ζω (menthērízō)
Further reading
- “μενθήρη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN