Μήνης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Egyptian

(mnj).

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Μήνης • (Mḗnēs)

  1. a male given name from Egyptian, of historical usage, notably borne by Menes, uniter of Upper and Lower Egypt and founder of the First Dynasty of Egypt

Inflection

First declension of ὁ Μήνης; τοῦ Μήνου (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ὁ Μήνης
ho Mḗnēs
Genitive τοῦ Μήνου
toû Mḗnou
Dative τῷ Μήνῃ
tōî Mḗnēi
Accusative τὸν Μήνην
tòn Mḗnēn
Vocative Μήνη
Mḗnē
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • → Greek: Μήνης (Mínis)
  • → Latin: Mēnēs
    • → English: Menes
    • → French: Ménès
    • → Portuguese: Menés

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Μήνης (Mḗnēs), itself from Egyptian

(mnj).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmi.nis/
  • Hyphenation: Μή‧νης

Proper noun

Μήνης • (Mínis)

  1. a male given name from Egyptian, of historical usage, notably borne by Menes, uniter of Upper and Lower Egypt and founder of the First Dynasty of Egypt

Declension

Declension of Μήνης
singular
nominative Μήνης (Mínis)
genitive Μήνη (Míni)
accusative Μήνη (Míni)
vocative Μήνη (Míni)
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