μάννος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• μάνος (mános), μόννος (mónnos)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *mono- (“neck”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /mán.nos/ → /ˈman.nos/ → /ˈma.nos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /mán.nos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈman.nos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈman.nos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈman.nos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈma.nos/

Noun

μάννος • (mánnos) m (genitive μάννου); second declension

1. (Doric) necklace

Declension

Second declension of ὁ μᾰ́ννος; τοῦ μᾰ́ννοιο (Doric)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ μᾰ́ννος ho mánnos	τὼ μᾰ́ννω tṑ mánnō	τοὶ μᾰ́ννοι toì mánnoi
Genitive	τοῦ μᾰ́ννοιο toû mánnoio	τοῖν μᾰ́ννοιν toîn mánnoin	τῶν μᾰ́ννων tôn mánnōn
Dative	τῷ μᾰ́ννῳ tôi mánnōi	τοῖν μᾰ́ννοιν toîn mánnoin	τοῖς μᾰ́ννοις toîs mánnois
Accusative	τὸν μᾰ́ννον tòn mánnon	τὼ μᾰ́ννω tṑ mánnō	τοὺς μᾰ́ννους toùs mánnous
Vocative	μᾰ́ννε mánne	μᾰ́ννω mánnō	μᾰ́ννοι mánnoi
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Derived terms

• μαννάκιον (mannákion)
• μαννοφόρος (mannophóros)

 

Further reading

• “μάννος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “μάννος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• μάννος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette