Μνᾶται
he is wooing
Translated by Kyle Helms27 Jun 2009Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] he is seeking in marriage.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Μνᾶται· μνηστεύεται.
Betacode
*mna=tai: mnhsteu/etai.
Notes
- The headword is the third person singular, present indicative, of the deponent verb
mna/omai . This form appears twice in Homer, at Odyssey 16.77 -- the scholia to which provide the gloss here -- and 19.529 (web addresses 1 and 2).
same entry in Photius (mu481 Theodoridis) and elsewhere.
Other forms of this verb appear in the Suda at mu 1174 and mu 1177.
cf. also epsilon 990.
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
- Web address 2 perseus.tufts.edu
Linked from3 entries
- μ1167Μνηστήcourted [woman], wooed [woman]She who has been married in accordance with courtship [mnhstei/a] or she who is waiting [me/nousa] [sc. to be wedded] from virginity [sc. is] mnhsth/, which is [to say], she who has not known man. Also [sc. attested is…
- μ1174Μνόωντοthey were wooing[Meaning] they were seeking in marriage.
- μ1177Μνωμένηbeing wooed[Meaning she who is] being courted. "When Cyrus was courting Tomyris, but had made no progress with her by deceit, he brought his army out into the open."
Neighbouring entries
Revision history3 revisions · last 11 Sep 2020
- tweaked cross-reference — Catharine Roth
- tweaking — David Whitehead
- additions to notes; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Kyle Helms