μέν
See also: μεν
Ancient Greek edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Hellenic *hmén, from Proto-Indo-European *smé. Cognate with Sanskrit स्म (smá).
Pronunciation edit
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /mén/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /men/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /men/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /men/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /men/
Particle edit
μέν • (mén) (discourse particle)
- on the one hand, while, whereas (often left untranslated)
- (before other particles) accordingly, and so
Usage notes edit
The main instance of the word is used to show that the word or clause with which it is attached answers to a following word or clause introduced by δέ or another equivalent particle (the particle may often be implied).
Descendants edit
- Greek: μεν (men)
Further reading edit
- “μέν”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “μέν”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “μέν”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- μέν in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- μέν in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “μέν”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- G3303 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible