Μενέλαος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Μενέλως (Menélōs), Μενέλεως (Menéleōs) — Attic
Μενέληος (Menélēos) — Ionic
Μενέλᾱς (Menélās) — Doric

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /me.né.laː.os/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /meˈne.la.os/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /meˈne.la.os/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /meˈne.la.os/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /meˈne.la.os/

Proper noun

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

(Epic) a male given name, Menelaus

Declension

Second declension of Μενέλᾱος; Μενελᾱ́ου (Epic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	Μενέλᾱος Menélāos
Genitive	Μενελᾱ́ου / Μενελᾱ́οιο / Μενελᾱ́οο Menelā́ou / Menelā́oio / Menelā́oo
Dative	Μενελᾱ́ῳ Menelā́ōi
Accusative	Μενέλᾱον Menélāon
Vocative	Μενέλᾱε Menélāe
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

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.

Second declension of ὁ Μενέληος; τοῦ Μενελήου (Ionic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Μενέληος ho Menélēos
Genitive	τοῦ Μενελήου toû Menelḗou
Dative	τῷ Μενελήῳ tōî Menelḗōi
Accusative	τὸν Μενέληον tòn Menélēon
Vocative	Μενέληε Menélēe
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

First declension of ὁ Μενέλᾱς; τοῦ Μενέλᾱ (Doric)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Μενέλᾱς ho Menélās
Genitive	τοῦ Μενέλᾱ toû Menélā
Dative	τῷ Μενέλᾳ tōî Menélāi
Accusative	τὸν Μενέλᾱν tòn Menélān
Vocative	Μενέλᾱ Menélā
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Derived terms

Μενελᾱ́ῐ̈ος (Menelā́ĭ̈os)

Related terms

Μενελᾱῐ̈́ς (Menelāĭ̈́s)

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

(Greek mythology) Menelaus

Declension

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

Coordinate terms

Αγαμέμνονας m (Agamémnonas, “Agamemnon”)

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

Pronunciation

Proper noun

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Derived terms

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Descendants

References

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