Μενέλαος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Μενέλεως (Menéleōs)

Etymology

From either μένω (ménō, “stay, wait for”) or μένος (ménos, “vigor, power”) and λᾱός (lāós, “people”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /me.né.laː.os/ → /meˈne.la.os/ → /meˈne.la.os/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /me.né.laː.os/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /meˈne.la.os/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /meˈne.la.os/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /meˈne.la.os/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /meˈne.la.os/

Proper noun

Μενέλᾱος • (Menélāos) m (genitive Μενελάου); second declension

1. a male given name: Menelaus

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Μενέλᾱος; τοῦ Μενελᾱ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Μενέλᾱος ho Menélāos
Genitive	τοῦ Μενελᾱ́ου toû Menelā́ou
Dative	τῷ Μενελᾱ́ῳ tôi Menelā́ōi
Accusative	τὸν Μενέλᾱον tòn Menélāon
Vocative	Μενέλᾱε Menélāe
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Attic second declension of ὁ Μενέλως / Μενέλεως; τοῦ Μενέλω / Μενέλεω (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Μενέλως / Μενέλεως ho Menél(e)ōs
Genitive	τοῦ Μενέλω / Μενέλεω toû Menél(e)ō
Dative	τῷ Μενέλῳ / Μενέλεῳ tôi Menél(e)ōi
Accusative	τὸν Μενέλω / Μενέλεων tòn Menél(e)ō(n)
Vocative	Μενέλως / Μενέλεως Menél(e)ōs
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Μενέλαος (Menélaos), Μενέλας (Menélas)
• Arabic: مِنَالَاوُس (minālāwus)
• Latin: Menelaus

References

• “Μενέλαος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Μενέλαος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “Μενέλαος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,017

Greek

Proper noun

Μενέλαος • (Menélaos) m

1. (Greek mythology) Menelaus

Declension

  Μενέλαος

case     \     number	singular
nominative	Μενέλαος •
genitive	Μενελάου •
accusative	Μενέλαο •
vocative	Μενέλαε •

Coordinate terms

• Αγαμέμνονας m (Agamémnonas, “Agamemnon”)

Further reading

• Μενέλαος on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el