μανάσιος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

According to Lewy, from the same Semitic source of μνᾶ (mnâ, “a hundred drachmas”) and μνάσιον (mnásion, “nutgrass”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ma.ná.si.os/ → /maˈna.si.os/ → /maˈna.si.os/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ma.ná.si.os/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /maˈna.si.os/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /maˈna.si.os/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /maˈna.si.os/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /maˈna.si.os/

Noun

μᾰνᾰ́σῐος • (manásios) m (genitive μᾰνᾰσῐ́ου); second declension

1. (at Elis) kind of corn-measure

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ μᾰνᾰ́σῐος; τοῦ μᾰνᾰσῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ μᾰνᾰ́σῐος ho manásios	τὼ μᾰνᾰσῐ́ω tṑ manasíō	οἱ μᾰνᾰ́σῐοι hoi manásioi
Genitive	τοῦ μᾰνᾰσῐ́ου toû manasíou	τοῖν μᾰνᾰσῐ́οιν toîn manasíoin	τῶν μᾰνᾰσῐ́ων tôn manasíōn
Dative	τῷ μᾰνᾰσῐ́ῳ tôi manasíōi	τοῖν μᾰνᾰσῐ́οιν toîn manasíoin	τοῖς μᾰνᾰσῐ́οις toîs manasíois
Accusative	τὸν μᾰνᾰ́σῐον tòn manásion	τὼ μᾰνᾰσῐ́ω tṑ manasíō	τοὺς μᾰνᾰσῐ́ους toùs manasíous
Vocative	μᾰνᾰ́σῐε manásie	μᾰνᾰσῐ́ω manasíō	μᾰνᾰ́σῐοι manásioi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “μανάσιος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Lewy, Heinrich (1895) Die semitischen Fremdwörter im Griechischen (in German), Berlin: R. Gaertner’s Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 118