μηνάνθος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From μήνη (mḗnē, “moon”) +‎ ἄνθος (ánthos, “flower”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /mɛː.nán.tʰos/ → /miˈnan.θos/ → /miˈnan.θos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /mɛː.nán.tʰos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /me̝ˈnan.tʰos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /miˈnan.θos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /miˈnan.θos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /miˈnan.θos/

Noun

μηνᾰ́νθος • (mēnánthos) m (genitive μηνᾰ́νθου); second declension

1. fringed water lily (Nymphoides peltata)

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ μηνᾰ́νθος; τοῦ μηνᾰ́νθου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ μηνᾰ́νθος ho mēnánthos	τὼ μηνᾰ́νθω tṑ mēnánthō	οἱ μηνᾰ́νθοι hoi mēnánthoi
Genitive	τοῦ μηνᾰ́νθου toû mēnánthou	τοῖν μηνᾰ́νθοιν toîn mēnánthoin	τῶν μηνᾰ́νθων tôn mēnánthōn
Dative	τῷ μηνᾰ́νθῳ tôi mēnánthōi	τοῖν μηνᾰ́νθοιν toîn mēnánthoin	τοῖς μηνᾰ́νθοις toîs mēnánthois
Accusative	τὸν μηνᾰ́νθον tòn mēnánthon	τὼ μηνᾰ́νθω tṑ mēnánthō	τοὺς μηνᾰ́νθους toùs mēnánthous
Vocative	μηνᾰ́νθε mēnánthe	μηνᾰ́νθω mēnánthō	μηνᾰ́νθοι mēnánthoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “μηνάνθος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press