μνηστήρ
Third declension Noun; Masculine
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
μνηστήρ
μνηστῆρος
Structure:
μνηστηρ
(Stem)
Sense
- a wooer, suitor
- calling to mind, mindful of
Declension
Third 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.
- πικροῦ δ’ ἔκυρσασ, ὦ κόρη, τῶν σῶν γάμων μνηστῆροσ. (Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound, episode, lyric 2:15)
- ὁ δὲ Κλαύδιοσ ἐπιλαβόμενοσ τῆσ παιδὸσ ἀπάγειν ἐβούλετο τοῦ θείου καὶ τοῦ μνηστῆροσ ἀντεχομένην. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, Books X-XX, book 11, chapter 32 1:2)
- εἰσαγγέλλεται δὲ καὶ Μάρκοσ Κλαύδιοσ ὁ τὴν παρθένον ἐπιβαλόμενοσ ὡσ δούλην ἀπάγειν ὑπὸ τοῦ μνηστῆροσ αὐτῆσ Ἰκιλίου· (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, Books X-XX, book 11, chapter 46 7:1)
- ἀνακλαυσαμένη δὲ τὸν μόρον τοῦ μνηστῆροσ ἀτενέσι τοῖσ ὀφθαλμοῖσ εἰσ τὸν ἀδελφὸν ὁρᾷ καὶ λέγει· (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, book 3, chapter 21 7:1)
- ἐν οἷσ τίθεμαι καὶ σέ, ἥτισ ἑνὶ καιρῷ τὰ μέγιστα ἀγαθῶν τε καὶ κακῶν συμβεβηκότα ἡμῖν ἐπιγνοῦσα τήν τε νίκην τῆσ πατρίδοσ, ἣν ὁ σὸσ ἀδελφὸσ ἐγὼ πάρειμι κατάγων, καὶ τὸν θάνατον τῶν ἀδελφῶν οὐκ ἐπὶ τοῖσ ἀγαθοῖσ, ὦ μιαρὰ σύ, τοῖσ κοινοῖσ τῆσ πατρίδοσ χαίρεισ οὔτ’ ἐπὶ ταῖσ συμφοραῖσ ταῖσ ἰδίαισ τῆσ οἰκίασ ἀλγεῖσ, ἀλλ’ ὑπεριδοῦσα τῶν σεαυτῆσ ἀδελφῶν τὸν τοῦ μνηστῆροσ ἀνακλαίεισ μόρον, οὐδ’ ὑπὸ τοῦ σκότουσ ἀποφθαρεῖσά που κατὰ μόνασ, ἀλλ’ ἐν τοῖσ ἁπάντων ὀφθαλμοῖσ, καί μοι τὴν ἀρετὴν καὶ τοὺσ στεφάνουσ ὀνειδίζεισ, ὦ ψευδοπάρθενε καὶ μισάδελφε καὶ ἀναξία τῶν προγόνων. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, book 3, chapter 21 8:2)
