Ancient Greek

Noun

μένος • ‎(ménos) n ‎(genitive μένεος or μένους); third declension

1. mind
2. desire, ardor, wish, purpose
3. anger
4. courage, spirit, vigor
5. power, strength, force
6. violence

Inflection

Related terms

• μενεαίνω ‎(meneaínō)
• μενοινάω ‎(menoináō)

References

• μένος in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• μένος in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• μένος in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• «μένος» in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• «μένος» in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• μένος in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English-Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • anger idem, page 29.
  • force idem, page 335.
  • indignation idem, page 433.
  • ire idem, page 459.
  • might idem, page 528.
  • passion idem, page 597.
  • power idem, page 630.
  • rage idem, page 668.
  • strength idem, page 824.

1. ↑ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “μένος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, pages 930-931