Μινύας

Minyas

Translated by Catharine Roth21 Jul 2009Vetting: high4 revisions

2 notes · 11 words

A proper name.¹ And the [genitive] plural [is] *minuw=n ["of Minyans"].²

Greek original · Adler’s text

Μινύας· ὄνομα κύριον. καὶ τὸ πληθυντικὸν Μινυῶν.

Betacode

*minu/as: o)/noma ku/rion. kai\ to\ plhquntiko\n *minuw=n.

Notes (2)

Same and (for the supplement) similar material in the Ambrosian Lexicon, according to Adler.
1The king of Orchomenos in Boeotia, mythical ancestor of the Minyans and thus of the Argonauts. He is the father of the Minyades. ↩
2cf. mu 1096. ↩

Linked from1 entry

μ1096ΜινύαιMinyans[Another name for] the Argonauts. In the Epigrams: "to you this gift, Alkeides [the] Minyan-fighter, Philip dedicated, the smooth hide of a far-bellowing ox."

Neighbouring entries

μ1093ΜινώταυροςMinotauros, Minotaur μ1094ΜινύαMinua, Minya μ1095ΜινύαςMinyas μ1096ΜινύαιMinyans μ1097ΜινύειονMinyan, Minyeios

Revision history4 revisions · last 18 May 2016

18 May 2016coding — David Whitehead
23 May 2013Revised — David Whitehead
28 Jul 2011Revised — David Whitehead
21 Jul 2009cosmetics — David Whitehead
21 Jul 2009Translated — Catharine Roth