Μνεῦις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Egyptian mr-wr,[1]



This form apparently came from the alternate name form mn-wr.

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Μνεῦῐς • (Mneûĭs) m (genitive Μνεύῐδος); third declension

  1. (religion) Mnevis, a bull-shaped aspect of the god Atum-Ra venerated in Heliopolis

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ Μνεῦῐς; τῆς Μνεύῐδος (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ἡ Μνεῦῐς
hē Mneûĭs
Genitive τῆς Μνεύῐδος
tês Mneúĭdos
Dative τῇ Μνεύῐδῐ
tēî Mneúĭdĭ
Accusative τὴν Μνεύῐδᾰ
tḕn Mneúĭdă
Vocative Μνεῦῐς
Mneûĭs
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
  • Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Descendants

  • Latin: Mnēvis

References

  1. ^ Gardiner's sign list
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