-μενος
See also: μένος
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- -μένος (-ménos) – perfect mediopassive
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *-mh₁nos (“mediopassive participle”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /me.nos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /mɛ.nos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /me.nos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /me.nos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /me.nos/
Suffix
-μενος • (-menos) m (feminine -μένη, neuter -μενον); first/second declension
- Added to tense stems of verbs to form middle, passive, and mediopassive participles
- present mediopassive
- future middle and passive
- aorist middle
- perfect mediopassive
Inflection
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
| Nominative | -μενος -menos |
-μενη -menē |
-μενον -menon |
-μενω -menō |
-μενᾱ -menā |
-μενω -menō |
-μενοι -menoi |
-μεναι -menai |
-μενᾰ -mena | |||||
| Genitive | -μενου -menou |
-μενης -menēs |
-μενου -menou |
-μενοιν -menoin |
-μεναιν -menain |
-μενοιν -menoin |
-μενων -menōn |
-μενων -menōn |
-μενων -menōn | |||||
| Dative | -μενῳ -menōi |
-μενῃ -menēi |
-μενῳ -menōi |
-μενοιν -menoin |
-μεναιν -menain |
-μενοιν -menoin |
-μενοις -menois |
-μεναις -menais |
-μενοις -menois | |||||
| Accusative | -μενον -menon |
-μενην -menēn |
-μενον -menon |
-μενω -menō |
-μενᾱ -menā |
-μενω -menō |
-μενους -menous |
-μενᾱς -menās |
-μενᾰ -mena | |||||
| Vocative | -μενε -mene |
-μενη -menē |
-μενον -menon |
-μενω -menō |
-μενᾱ -menā |
-μενω -menō |
-μενοι -menoi |
-μεναι -menai |
-μενᾰ -mena | |||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| -μενως -menōs |
-μενώτερος -menṓteros |
-μενώτᾰτος -menṓtatos | ||||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. | |||||||||||||
References
- Smyth, Herbert Weir (1920), “Part II: Inflection”, in A Greek grammar for colleges, Cambridge: American Book Company, § 470.c
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