Μένος
strength, prowess
Translated by Catharine Roth26 May 2009Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Μένος· δύναμις, ὁρμή. διαφέρει δὲ τὸ μένος τοῦ θάρσους· τὸ μὲν γὰρ μένος ἐστὶ τοῦ σώματος, τὸ δὲ θάρσος τῆς ψυχῆς.
Betacode
*me/nos: du/namis, o(rmh/. diafe/rei de\ to\ me/nos tou= qa/rsous: to\ me\n ga\r me/nos e)sti\ tou= sw/matos, to\ de\ qa/rsos th=s yuxh=s.
Notes (2)
- 1Likewise or similarly in other lexica (see the references at Photius mu279 Theodoridis), and cf. also a scholion on Homer, Iliad 5.2, where
me/nos andqa/rsos both occur (web address 1).*me/nos is cognate with Sanskrit mánas "spirit, passion." ↩ - 2So scholia A on Homer, Iliad 5.2 (above). Not in mss AF of the Suda. ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
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Revision history3 revisions · last 17 May 2013
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- Translated — Catharine Roth