Μίνως

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From the Cretan Ancient Greek word for "king." Appearing in Minoan Linear A tablets is mi-nu-te, which is possibly related. The term is also possibly related to Sanskrit मुनि (muni, “ascetic”) (fitting the legend of Minos living in Cretan caves), which suggests a common Proto-Indo-European origin.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /mǐː.nɔːs/ → /ˈmi.nos/ → /ˈmi.nos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /mǐː.nɔːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈmi.nos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈmi.nos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈmi.nos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈmi.nos/

Proper noun

Μῑ́νως • (Mī́nōs) m (genitive Μῑ́νωος or Μῑ́νω, variously declined); third declension, Attic declension

1. (Greek mythology) Minos

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Μῑ́νως; τοῦ Μῑ́νωος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Μῑ́νως ho Mī́nōs
Genitive	τοῦ Μῑ́νωος toû Mī́nōos
Dative	τῷ Μῑ́νῳ / Μῑ́νωῐ̈ tôi Mī́nōi / Mī́nōï
Accusative	τὸν Μῑ́νω / Μῑ́νωᾰ tòn Mī́nō / Mī́nōa
Vocative	Μῑ́νως Mī́nōs
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Attic second declension of ὁ Μῑ́νως; τοῦ Μῑ́νω (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Μῑ́νως ho Mī́nōs
Genitive	τοῦ Μῑ́νω toû Mī́nō
Dative	τῷ Μῑ́νῳ tôi Mī́nōi
Accusative	τὸν Μῑ́νω / Μῑ́νων tòn Mī́nō(n)
Vocative	Μῑ́νως Mī́nōs
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Μῑνώταυρος (Mīnṓtauros)
• Μῑνώᾱ (Mīnṓā)
• Μῑνωΐς (Mīnōḯs)
• Μῑνώϊος (Mīnṓïos), Μῑνῷος (Mīnôios)

Descendants

• Greek: Μίνως (Mínos)
• Latin: Mīnōs
• Turkish: Minos

Further reading

• “Μίνως”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Μίνως”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “Μίνως”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• Μίνως in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,017