Menelaus
English
editEtymology
editFrom Latin Menelāus, from Ancient Greek Μενέλαος (Menélaos).
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editMenelaus
- (Greek mythology) the king of Mycenaean Sparta, the husband of Helen of Troy, the brother of Agamemnon, the leader of the Spartan contingent of the Greek army during the Trojan War
Translations
editthe king of Mycenaean Sparta
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Latin
editEtymology
editFrom Ancient Greek Μενέλαος (Menélaos).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /me.neˈlaː.us/, [mɛnɛˈɫ̪äːʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /me.neˈla.us/, [meneˈläːus]
Proper noun
editMenelāus m sg (genitive Menelāī); second declension
Declension
editSecond-declension noun, singular only.
Case | Singular |
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Nominative | Menelāus |
Genitive | Menelāī |
Dative | Menelāō |
Accusative | Menelāum |
Ablative | Menelāō |
Vocative | Menelāe |
References
edit- “Menelaus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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