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μήνη

First declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: μήνη μήνης

Structure: μην (Stem) + η (Ending)

Etym.: mh/n

Sense

  1. moon

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

  • μήνην ἀείδειν τανυσίπτερον ἔσπετε, Μοῦσαι, ἡδυεπεῖσ κοῦραι Κρονίδεω Διόσ, ἵστορεσ ᾠδῆσ· (Anonymous, Homeric Hymns, 2:1)
  • ἀτὰρ τότε γ’ Ἡρακλῆα μοῦνον ἀπειρεσίησ τηλοῦ χθονὸσ εἴσατο Λυγκεὺσ τὼσ ἰδέειν, ὥσ τίσ τε νέῳ ἐνὶ ἤματι μήνην ἢ ἴδεν, ἢ ἐδόκησεν ἐπαχλύουσαν ἰδέσθαι. (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 4 23:42)
  • ὀνομασθήσεσθαι γὰρ ὑπὸ τῶν ἀνθρώπων ἥλιον μὲν τὸ πρότερον ἐν οὐρανῷ πῦρ ἱερὸν καλούμενον, σελήνην δὲ τὴν μήνην προσαγορευομένην. (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, book 3, chapter 57 5:4)

Synonyms

  1. moon

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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