μῆνιγξ
See also: Μῆνιγξ
Ancient Greek
editEtymology
editThe semantic parallel with words like Latin membrāna (“membrane”) and Balto-Slavic words like Latvian miesa (“flesh”), Russian мя́со (mjáso, “meat”) and Polish mięso (“meat”), all ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European *mems- (“flesh, meat”), is striking. However, this word cannot be combined with them. The unexplained -ν-, together with the suffix -ιγγ-, clearly points to a Pre-Greek word.
Pronunciation
edit- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /mɛ̂ː.niŋks/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈme̝.niŋks/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈmi.niŋks/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈmi.niŋks/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈmi.niŋks/
Noun
editμῆνῐγξ • (mêninx) f (genitive μήνῐγγος); third declension
Inflection
editCase / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ μῆνῐγξ hē mêninx |
τὼ μήνῐγγε tṑ mḗninge |
αἱ μήνῐγγες hai mḗninges | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς μήνῐγγος tês mḗningos |
τοῖν μηνῐ́γγοιν toîn mēníngoin |
τῶν μηνῐ́γγων tôn mēníngōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ μήνῐγγῐ têi mḗningi |
τοῖν μηνῐ́γγοιν toîn mēníngoin |
ταῖς μήνῐγξῐ / μήνῐγξῐν taîs mḗninxi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν μήνῐγγᾰ tḕn mḗninga |
τὼ μήνῐγγε tṑ mḗninge |
τᾱ̀ς μήνῐγγᾰς tā̀s mḗningas | ||||||||||
Vocative | μῆνῐγξ mêninx |
μήνῐγγε mḗninge |
μήνῐγγες mḗninges | ||||||||||
Notes: |
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Derived terms
edit- μηνῐ́γγῐον (mēníngion, diminutive)
- μηνῐγγότρωτος (mēningótrōtos)
- μηνῐγγοφῠ́λᾰξ (mēningophúlax)
Descendants
editReferences
edit- “μῆνιγξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Further reading
edit- μῆνιγξ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- μῆνιγξ in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
- 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
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- Ancient Greek terms derived from a Pre-Greek substrate
- Ancient Greek 2-syllable words
- Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation
- Ancient Greek lemmas
- Ancient Greek nouns
- Ancient Greek properispomenon terms
- Ancient Greek feminine nouns
- Ancient Greek third-declension nouns
- Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the third declension