Μενοίτιος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From μένος (ménos, “strength, force, might”) +‎ οἶτος (oîtos, “fate”) +‎ -ῐος (-ios).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /me.nǒi̯.ti.os/ → /meˈny.ti.os/ → /meˈni.ti.os/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /me.nǒi̯.ti.os/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /meˈny.ti.os/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /meˈny.ti.os/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /meˈny.ti.os/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /meˈni.ti.os/

Proper noun

Μενοίτῐος • (Menoítios) m (genitive Μενοιτῐ́ου); second declension

1. (Greek mythology) The name of a titan
2. a male given name: Menoetius

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Μενοίτῐος; τοῦ Μενοιτῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Μενοίτῐος ho Menoítios
Genitive	τοῦ Μενοιτῐ́ου toû Menoitíou
Dative	τῷ Μενοιτῐ́ῳ tôi Menoitíōi
Accusative	τὸν Μενοίτῐον tòn Menoítion
Vocative	Μενοίτῐε Menoítie
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Μενοιτιάδης (Menoitiádēs)

Descendants

• Greek: Μενοίτιος (Menoítios)
• Latin: Menoetius

References

• “Μενοίτιος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• “Μενοίτιος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,017