"μήν" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Ancient Greek]

IPA: /mɛ̌ːn/, /min/, /min/, /mɛ̌ːn/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /me̝n/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /min/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /min/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /min/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: table From Proto-Hellenic *méns (“month”), from Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s (“moon, month”), probably from *meh₁- (“to measure”). Cognate with Latin mēnsis (“month”), and English moon, month. Etymology templates: {{etymid|grc|month}} table, {{root|grc|ine-pro|*meh₁-}}, {{inh|grc|grk-pro|*méns|t=month}} Proto-Hellenic *méns (“month”), {{inh|grc|ine-pro|*mḗh₁n̥s|t=moon, month}} Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s (“moon, month”), {{m|ine-pro|*meh₁-|t=to measure}} *meh₁- (“to measure”), {{cog|la|mēnsis|t=month}} Latin mēnsis (“month”), {{cog|en|moon}} English moon, {{m|en|month}} month Head templates: {{grc-noun|μηνός|m|third}} μήν • (mḗn) m (genitive μηνός); third declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|μήν|μηνός|dial=att}} Forms: mḗn [romanization], μηνός [genitive], Attic declension-3 [table-tags], ὁ μήν [nominative, singular], τὼ μῆνε [dual, nominative], οἱ μῆνες [nominative, plural], τοῦ μηνός [genitive, singular], τοῖν μηνοῖν [dual, genitive], τῶν μηνῶν [genitive, plural], τῷ μηνῐ́ [dative, singular], τοῖν μηνοῖν [dative, dual], τοῖς μησῐ́ [dative, plural], μησῐ́ν [dative, plural], toîs mēsí [dative, plural], toîs mēsín [dative, plural], τὸν μῆνᾰ [accusative, singular], τὼ μῆνε [accusative, dual], τοὺς μῆνᾰς [accusative, plural], μήν [singular, vocative], μῆνε [dual, vocative], μῆνες [plural, vocative]
  1. Attic form of μείς (meís, “month”) Tags: Attic, alt-of Alternative form of: μείς (extra: meís, “month”) Synonyms: μείς (meís), μής (mḗs) [Laconian], μεύς — Elean (meús) Derived forms: μηνολόγιον (mēnológion)
    Sense id: en-μήν-grc-noun-eivDbfUS Categories (other): Ancient Greek discourse particles, Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the third declension, Ancient Greek particles, Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes Disambiguation of Ancient Greek discourse particles: 32 17 0 14 4 4 3 13 14 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 26 22 0 12 4 3 2 9 22 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek particles: 32 18 0 15 4 4 3 10 14 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes: 31 18 0 17 3 3 2 8 17
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Particle [Ancient Greek]

IPA: /mɛ̌ːn/, /min/, /min/, /mɛ̌ːn/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /me̝n/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /min/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /min/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /min/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan) Forms: mḗn [romanization]
Etymology: table From Proto-Indo-European *meh₂. Cognate with Old Irish má (“if”). Etymology templates: {{etymid|grc|verily}} table, {{inh|grc|ine-pro|*meh₂}} Proto-Indo-European *meh₂, {{cog|sga|má|t=if}} Old Irish má (“if”) Head templates: {{grc-particle|disc=1}} μήν • (mḗn) (discourse particle)
  1. used to strengthen statements: verily, surely, truly, definitely Tags: discourse, particle
    Sense id: en-μήν-grc-particle-6-sZrCQN Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 26 22 0 12 4 3 2 9 22
  2. (after other particles)
    (ἦ μήν) absolutely
    Tags: discourse, particle
    Sense id: en-μήν-grc-particle-r27pkQZ1
  3. (after other particles)
    (καὶ μήν) used to introduce something new or convey affirmation
    Tags: discourse, particle
    Sense id: en-μήν-grc-particle-9EoEo3sD Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 26 22 0 12 4 3 2 9 22
  4. (after other particles)
    (αλλὰ μήν) yet truly, on the other hand
    Tags: discourse, particle
    Sense id: en-μήν-grc-particle-nYuV813N
  5. (after other particles)
    (οὐ μήν) certainly not
    Tags: discourse, particle
    Sense id: en-μήν-grc-particle-Diq4yEC3
  6. (after other particles)
    (μήτε μήν) not even
    Tags: discourse, particle
    Sense id: en-μήν-grc-particle-eO60OyHv
  7. (after interrogatives, τί μήν) of course, naturally Tags: discourse, particle
    Sense id: en-μήν-grc-particle-mzvaGNrU
  8. (after a negative) applies an adversative force Tags: discourse, particle
    Sense id: en-μήν-grc-particle-XwsPYE7B Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 26 22 0 12 4 3 2 9 22
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: μᾱ́ν (mā́n) [Aeolic], Doric, Epic
Etymology number: 2

Alternative forms

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        "2": "month"
      },
      "expansion": "table",
      "name": "etymid"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*meh₁-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "grk-pro",
        "3": "*méns",
        "t": "month"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Hellenic *méns (“month”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*mḗh₁n̥s",
        "t": "moon, month"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s (“moon, month”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ine-pro",
        "2": "*meh₁-",
        "t": "to measure"
      },
      "expansion": "*meh₁- (“to measure”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "mēnsis",
        "t": "month"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin mēnsis (“month”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "moon"
      },
      "expansion": "English moon",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "month"
      },
      "expansion": "month",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "table\nFrom Proto-Hellenic *méns (“month”), from Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s (“moon, month”), probably from *meh₁- (“to measure”). Cognate with Latin mēnsis (“month”), and English moon, month.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "mḗn",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μηνός",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Attic declension-3",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Third declension",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ὁ μήν",
      "roman": "ho mḗn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ μῆνε",
      "roman": "tṑ mêne",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "οἱ μῆνες",
      "roman": "hoi mênes",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῦ μηνός",
      "roman": "toû mēnós",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν μηνοῖν",
      "roman": "toîn mēnoîn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῶν μηνῶν",
      "roman": "tôn mēnôn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῷ μηνῐ́",
      "roman": "tôi mēní",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν μηνοῖν",
      "roman": "toîn mēnoîn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖς μησῐ́",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μησῐ́ν",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toîs mēsí",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toîs mēsín",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὸν μῆνᾰ",
      "roman": "tòn mêna",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ μῆνε",
      "roman": "tṑ mêne",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοὺς μῆνᾰς",
      "roman": "toùs mênas",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μήν",
      "roman": "mḗn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μῆνε",
      "roman": "mêne",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μῆνες",
      "roman": "mênes",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "μηνός",
        "2": "m",
        "3": "third"
      },
      "expansion": "μήν • (mḗn) m (genitive μηνός); third declension",
      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "μήν",
        "2": "μηνός",
        "dial": "att"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "extra": "meís, “month”",
          "word": "μείς"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Attic form of μείς (meís, “month”)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "μείς",
          "μείς#Ancient Greek"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Attic",
        "alt-of"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/mɛ̌ːn/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/min/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/min/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mɛ̌ːn/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/me̝n/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/min/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/min/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/min/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "meís",
      "word": "μείς"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mḗs",
      "tags": [
        "Laconian"
      ],
      "word": "μής"
    },
    {
      "roman": "meús",
      "word": "μεύς — Elean"
    }
  ],
  "word": "μήν"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Ancient Greek 1-syllable words",
    "Ancient Greek discourse particles",
    "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
    "Ancient Greek lemmas",
    "Ancient Greek oxytone terms",
    "Ancient Greek particles",
    "Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Ancient Greek terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "verily"
      },
      "expansion": "table",
      "name": "etymid"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*meh₂"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *meh₂",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sga",
        "2": "má",
        "t": "if"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Irish má (“if”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "table\nFrom Proto-Indo-European *meh₂. Cognate with Old Irish má (“if”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "mḗn",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "disc": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "μήν • (mḗn) (discourse particle)",
      "name": "grc-particle"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "particle",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "used to strengthen statements: verily, surely, truly, definitely"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "verily",
          "verily"
        ],
        [
          "surely",
          "surely"
        ],
        [
          "truly",
          "truly"
        ],
        [
          "definitely",
          "definitely"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "discourse",
        "particle"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "absolutely"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "absolutely",
          "absolutely"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(after other particles)",
        "(ἦ μήν) absolutely"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "after other particles"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "discourse",
        "particle"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "used to introduce something new or convey affirmation"
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(after other particles)",
        "(καὶ μήν) used to introduce something new or convey affirmation"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "after other particles"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "discourse",
        "particle"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "yet truly, on the other hand"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "on the other hand",
          "on the other hand"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(after other particles)",
        "(αλλὰ μήν) yet truly, on the other hand"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "after other particles"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "discourse",
        "particle"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "certainly not"
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(after other particles)",
        "(οὐ μήν) certainly not"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "after other particles"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "discourse",
        "particle"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "not even"
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(after other particles)",
        "(μήτε μήν) not even"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "after other particles"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "discourse",
        "particle"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "of course, naturally"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "of course",
          "of course"
        ],
        [
          "naturally",
          "naturally"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(after interrogatives, τί μήν) of course, naturally"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "after interrogatives"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "discourse",
        "particle"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "applies an adversative force"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "adversative",
          "adversative"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(after a negative) applies an adversative force"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "after a negative"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "discourse",
        "particle"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/mɛ̌ːn/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/min/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/min/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mɛ̌ːn/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/me̝n/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/min/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/min/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/min/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "mā́n",
      "tags": [
        "Aeolic"
      ],
      "word": "μᾱ́ν"
    },
    {
      "word": "Doric"
    },
    {
      "word": "Epic"
    }
  ],
  "word": "μήν"
}
{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
  "msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: ἦ μήν",
  "path": [
    "μήν"
  ],
  "section": "Ancient Greek",
  "subsection": "particle",
  "title": "μήν",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
  "msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: ἦ μήν",
  "path": [
    "μήν"
  ],
  "section": "Ancient Greek",
  "subsection": "particle",
  "title": "μήν",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
  "msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: καὶ μήν",
  "path": [
    "μήν"
  ],
  "section": "Ancient Greek",
  "subsection": "particle",
  "title": "μήν",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
  "msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: καὶ μήν",
  "path": [
    "μήν"
  ],
  "section": "Ancient Greek",
  "subsection": "particle",
  "title": "μήν",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
  "msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: αλλὰ μήν",
  "path": [
    "μήν"
  ],
  "section": "Ancient Greek",
  "subsection": "particle",
  "title": "μήν",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
  "msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: αλλὰ μήν",
  "path": [
    "μήν"
  ],
  "section": "Ancient Greek",
  "subsection": "particle",
  "title": "μήν",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
  "msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: οὐ μήν",
  "path": [
    "μήν"
  ],
  "section": "Ancient Greek",
  "subsection": "particle",
  "title": "μήν",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
  "msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: οὐ μήν",
  "path": [
    "μήν"
  ],
  "section": "Ancient Greek",
  "subsection": "particle",
  "title": "μήν",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
  "msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: μήτε μήν",
  "path": [
    "μήν"
  ],
  "section": "Ancient Greek",
  "subsection": "particle",
  "title": "μήν",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
  "msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: μήτε μήν",
  "path": [
    "μήν"
  ],
  "section": "Ancient Greek",
  "subsection": "particle",
  "title": "μήν",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
  "msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: after interrogatives, τί μήν",
  "path": [
    "μήν"
  ],
  "section": "Ancient Greek",
  "subsection": "particle",
  "title": "μήν",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
  "msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: after interrogatives, τί μήν",
  "path": [
    "μήν"
  ],
  "section": "Ancient Greek",
  "subsection": "particle",
  "title": "μήν",
  "trace": ""
}

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