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μενοινή

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: μενοινή

Structure: μενοιν (Stem) + η (Ending)

Etym.: from me/nos

Sense

  1. eager desire

Declension

First declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • "Εἰ μὲν δὴ πάσῃσιν ἐφανδάνει ἥδε μενοινή, ἤδη κεν μετὰ νῆα καὶ ἄγγελον ὀτρύναιμι. (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 1 13:5)
  • ῥήτρῃ πιστεύεισ πυκινόφρονι, σῇ τε μενοινῇ ποικίλον αὐδῆσαι μῦθον ἐπισταμένῃ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume IV, book 11, chapter 3502)
  • ἐν δὲ μενοινῇ δαιμονίησ ἐλέλιζε νοήματα ποικίλα βουλῆσ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 2, chapter 1 10:2)

Synonyms

  1. eager desire

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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