Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

μνηστός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: μνηστός μνηστή μνηστόν

Structure: μνηστ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: mna/omai

Sense

  1. wooed and won, wedded, a wedded

Examples

  • ἀλλ’ ὅτε δὴ Μελέαγρον ἔδυ χόλοσ, ὅσ τε καὶ ἄλλων οἰδάνει ἐν στήθεσσι νόον πύκα περ φρονεόντων, ἤτοι ὃ μητρὶ φίλῃ Ἀλθαίῃ χωόμενοσ κῆρ κεῖτο παρὰ μνηστῇ ἀλόχῳ καλῇ Κλεοπάτρῃ κούρῃ Μαρπήσσησ καλλισφύρου Εὐηνίνησ Ἴδεώ θ’, ὃσ κάρτιστοσ ἐπιχθονίων γένετ’ ἀνδρῶν τῶν τότε· (Homer, Iliad, Book 9 28:8)

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

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