μενθήρη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Uncertain. Perhaps derived from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to think, mind”), the same root of μανθάνω (manthánō, “to learn”), with a suffix -ήρη.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /men.tʰɛ̌ː.rɛː/ → /menˈθi.ri/ → /menˈθi.ri/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /men.tʰɛ̌ː.rɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /menˈtʰe̝.re̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /menˈθi.ri/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /menˈθi.ri/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /menˈθi.ri/

Noun

μενθήρη • (menthḗrē) f (genitive μενθήρης); first declension

1. thought, care, attention

Inflection

First declension of ἡ μενθήρη; τῆς μενθήρης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ μενθήρη hē menthḗrē	τὼ μενθήρᾱ tṑ menthḗrā	αἱ μενθῆραι hai menthêrai
Genitive	τῆς μενθήρης tês menthḗrēs	τοῖν μενθήραιν toîn menthḗrain	τῶν μενθηρῶν tôn menthērôn
Dative	τῇ μενθήρῃ têi menthḗrēi	τοῖν μενθήραιν toîn menthḗrain	ταῖς μενθήραις taîs menthḗrais
Accusative	τὴν μενθήρην tḕn menthḗrēn	τὼ μενθήρᾱ tṑ menthḗrā	τᾱ̀ς μενθήρᾱς tā̀s menthḗrās
Vocative	μενθήρη menthḗrē	μενθήρᾱ menthḗrā	μενθῆραι menthêrai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἀμενθήρῐστος (amenthḗristos)
• μενθηρῐ́ζω (menthērízō)

 

Further reading

• “μενθήρη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN