Μήνης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Egyptian (mnj).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /mɛ̌ː.nɛːs/ → /ˈmi.nis/ → /ˈmi.nis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /mɛ̌ː.nɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈme̝.ne̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈmi.nis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈmi.nis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈmi.nis/

Proper noun

Μήνης • (Mḗnēs)

1. A male given name of historical usage, notably borne by Menes, uniter of Upper and Lower Egypt and founder of the First Dynasty of Egypt

Inflection

First declension of ὁ Μήνης; τοῦ Μήνου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Μήνης ho Mḗnēs
Genitive	τοῦ Μήνου toû Mḗnou
Dative	τῷ Μήνῃ tôi Mḗnēi
Accusative	τὸν Μήνην tòn Mḗnēn
Vocative	Μήνη Mḗnē
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Greek: Μήνης (Mínis)
• → Latin: Mēnēs
  • → English: Menes
  • → French: Ménès
  • → Portuguese: Menés

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Μήνης (Mḗnēs), itself from Egyptian (mnj).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmi.nis/
• Hyphenation: Μή‧νης

Proper noun

Μήνης • (Mínis)

1. A male given name of historical usage, notably borne by Menes, uniter of Upper and Lower Egypt and founder of the First Dynasty of Egypt

Declension

  Μήνης

case     \     number	singular
nominative	Μήνης •
genitive	Μήνη •
accusative	Μήνη •
vocative	Μήνη •