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μηνυτής

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: μηνυτής μηνυτές

Structure: μηνυτη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: mhnu/w

Sense

  1. bringing to light
  2. an informer

Examples

  • οὐ γὰρ ποιητὴσ αὐτῶν, ἀλλὰ μηνυτὴσ ἦν. (Lucian, Quomodo historia conscribenda sit, chapter 38 2:1)
  • ταῦτα τοῦ Τιμαίου λέγοντοσ καὶ διδάσκοντοσ ὁ Ἀνδοκίδησ ἐπείσθη, καὶ γενόμενοσ μηνυτὴσ καθ’ αὑτοῦ καὶ καθ’ ἑτέρων ἔσχε τὴν ἐκ τοῦ ψηφίσματοσ ἄδειαν αὐτόσ· (Plutarch, , chapter 21 4:1)
  • ἐκ τούτου βεβαιότατοσ μὲν ἦν Μαρκέλλῳ παραστάτησ καὶ σύμμαχοσ, δεινότατοσ δὲ μηνυτὴσ καὶ κατήγοροσ τῶν τἀναντία φρονούντων ὁ Βάνδιοσ. (Plutarch, Marcellus, chapter 11 1:1)
  • ἔλεξαν γὰρ ὡσ ἐγὼ μηνύσαιμι περὶ τῶν μυστηρίων, ἀπογράψαιμί τε τὸν πατέρα τὸν ἐμαυτοῦ παρόντα, καὶ γενοίμην μηνυτὴσ κατὰ τοῦ πατρὸσ τοῦ ἐμαυτοῦ, λόγον οἶμαι πάντων δεινότατόν τε καὶ ἀνοσιώτατον λέγοντεσ. (Andocides, Speeches, 41:3)
  • οἱο͂́ν τε δ’ οὐκ ἦν, εἴπερ ἐγὼ μηνυτὴσ ἐγενόμην περὶ τοῦ πατρόσ, ἀλλ’ ἢ ἐμὲ ἢ ἐκεῖνον ἔδει ἀποθανεῖν. (Andocides, Speeches, 42:7)

Synonyms

  1. bringing to light

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

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