Μνεῦις

Μνεῦις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Egyptian mr-wr,[1]

This form apparently came from the alternate name form mn-wr.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /mnêu̯.is/ → /ˈmne.βis/ → /ˈmne.vis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /mnêu̯.is/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈmne.wis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈmne.βis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈmne.vis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈmne.vis/

Proper noun

Μνεῦῐς • (Mneûis) m (genitive Μνεύῐδος); third declension

1. (religion) Mnevis, a bull-shaped aspect of the god Atum-Ra venerated in Heliopolis

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ Μνεῦῐς; τῆς Μνεύῐδος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Μνεῦῐς hē Mneûis
Genitive	τῆς Μνεύῐδος tês Mneúidos
Dative	τῇ Μνεύῐδῐ têi Mneúidi
Accusative	τὴν Μνεύῐδᾰ tḕn Mneúida
Vocative	Μνεῦῐς Mneûis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Descendants

• Latin: Mnēvis

References

1. Gardiner's sign list