μνηστήρ

Ancient Greek

From the root of μνάομαι (mnáomai, “to woo, court”).

μνηστήρ • (mnēstḗr) m (genitive μνηστῆρος); third declension

Third declension of ὁ μνηστήρ; τοῦ μνηστῆρος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ μνηστήρ ho mnēstḗr	τὼ μνηστῆρε tṑ mnēstêre	οἱ μνηστῆρες hoi mnēstêres
Genitive	τοῦ μνηστῆρος toû mnēstêros	τοῖν μνηστήροιν toîn mnēstḗroin	τῶν μνηστήρων tôn mnēstḗrōn
Dative	τῷ μνηστῆρῐ tōî mnēstêrĭ	τοῖν μνηστήροιν toîn mnēstḗroin	τοῖς μνηστῆρσῐ / μνηστῆρσῐν toîs mnēstêrsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸν μνηστῆρᾰ tòn mnēstêră	τὼ μνηστῆρε tṑ mnēstêre	τοὺς μνηστῆρᾰς toùs mnēstêrăs
Vocative	μνηστήρ mnēstḗr	μνηστῆρε mnēstêre	μνηστῆρες mnēstêres
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Third declension of μνηστήρ; μνηστῆρος (Epic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	μνηστήρ mnēstḗr	μνηστῆρε mnēstêre	μνηστῆρες mnēstêres
Genitive	μνηστῆρος mnēstêros	μνηστήροιν / μνηστήροιῐν mnēstḗroi(ĭ)n	μνηστήρων mnēstḗrōn
Dative	μνηστῆρῐ mnēstêrĭ	μνηστήροιν / μνηστήροιῐν mnēstḗroi(ĭ)n	μνηστῆρσῐ / μνηστῆρσῐν / μνηστήρεσσῐ / μνηστήρεσσῐν / μνηστήρεσῐ / μνηστήρεσῐν mnēstêrsĭ(n) / mnēstḗressĭ(n) / mnēstḗresĭ(n)
Accusative	μνηστῆρᾰ mnēstêră	μνηστῆρε mnēstêre	μνηστῆρᾰς mnēstêrăs
Vocative	μνηστήρ mnēstḗr	μνηστῆρε mnēstêre	μνηστῆρες mnēstêres
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.