Μενέλαος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • Μενέλεως (Menéleōs)

Etymology

From either μένω (ménō, “stay, wait for”) or μένος (ménos, “vigor, power”) and λᾱός (lāós, “people”).

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Μενέλᾱος • (Menélāos) m (genitive Μενελάου); second declension

  1. a male given name, Menelaus

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Μενέλᾱος; τοῦ Μενελᾱ́ου (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ὁ Μενέλᾱος
ho Menélāos
Genitive τοῦ Μενελᾱ́ου
toû Menelā́ou
Dative τῷ Μενελᾱ́ῳ
tōî Menelā́ōi
Accusative τὸν Μενέλᾱον
tòn Menélāon
Vocative Μενέλᾱε
Menélāe
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
Attic second declension of ὁ Μενέλως / Μενέλεως; τοῦ Μενέλω / Μενέλεω (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ὁ Μενέλως / Μενέλεως
ho Menél(e)ōs
Genitive τοῦ Μενέλω / Μενέλεω
toû Menél(e)ō
Dative τῷ Μενέλῳ / Μενέλεῳ
tōî Menél(e)ōi
Accusative τὸν Μενέλω / Μενέλεων
tòn Menél(e)ō(n)
Vocative Μενέλως / Μενέλεως
Menél(e)ōs
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • Greek: Μενέλαος (Menélaos), Μενέλας (Menélas)
  • Arabic: مِنَالَاوُس (minālāwus)
  • Latin: Menelaus

References

  • “Μενέλαος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “Μενέλαος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “Μενέλαος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,017

Greek

Proper noun

Μενέλαος • (Menélaos) m

  1. (Greek mythology) Menelaus

Declension

Declension of Μενέλαος
singular
nominative Μενέλαος (Menélaos)
genitive Μενελάου (Meneláou)
accusative Μενέλαο (Menélao)
vocative Μενέλαε (Menélae)

Coordinate terms

Further reading

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