Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

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

  • ἅμα δ’ ἡμέρᾳ βουλὴν ἀθροίσασ εἰσ τὸ τῆσ Ὁμονοίασ ἱερόν ἐξανέγνω τὰ γράμματα καὶ τῶν μηνυτῶν διήκουσεν. (Plutarch, Cicero, chapter 19 1:1)
  • ταῦτα τοῖσ πρέσβεσιν ἀποκρινάμενοσ καὶ προπέμψασ ἐκ τῆσ πόλεωσ μετὰ τοῦτο φράζει τῇ βουλῇ περὶ τῆσ ἀπορρήτου συνωμοσίασ, ἃ παρὰ τῶν μηνυτῶν ἔμαθε· (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, Books IV-VI, book 5, chapter 55 1:1)

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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