"Μενέλαος" meaning in Ancient Greek

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Proper name

IPA: /me.né.laː.os/, /meˈne.la.os/, /meˈne.la.os/, /me.né.laː.os/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /meˈne.la.os/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /meˈne.la.os/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /meˈne.la.os/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /meˈne.la.os/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: From either μένω (ménō, “stay, wait for”) or μένος (ménos, “vigor, power”) and λᾱός (lāós, “people”). Head templates: {{grc-proper noun|Μενέλᾱος|Μενελάου|m|second}} Μενέλᾱος • (Menélāos) m (genitive Μενελάου); second declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|Μενέλᾱος|ου|form=sing}}, {{grc-decl|Μενέλ(ε)ως|Μενέλ(ε)ω|form=sing}} Forms: Μενέλᾱος [canonical], Menélāos [romanization], Μενελάου [genitive], Attic declension-2 [table-tags], ὁ Μενέλᾱος [nominative, singular], τοῦ Μενελᾱ́ου [genitive, singular], τῷ Μενελᾱ́ῳ [dative, singular], τὸν Μενέλᾱον [accusative, singular], Μενέλᾱε [singular, vocative], Attic declension-2 [table-tags], ὁ Μενέλως [nominative, singular], Μενέλεως [nominative, singular], ho Menélōs [nominative, singular], ho Menéleōs [nominative, singular], τοῦ Μενέλω [genitive, singular], Μενέλεω [genitive, singular], toû Menélō [genitive, singular], toû Menéleō [genitive, singular], τῷ Μενέλῳ [dative, singular], Μενέλεῳ [dative, singular], tôi Menélōi [dative, singular], tôi Menéleōi [dative, singular], τὸν Μενέλω [accusative, singular], Μενέλεων [accusative, singular], tòn Menélō [accusative, singular], tòn Menélōn [accusative, singular], tòn Menéleō [accusative, singular], tòn Menéleōn [accusative, singular], Μενέλως [singular, vocative], Μενέλεως [singular, vocative], Menélōs [singular, vocative], Menéleōs [singular, vocative]
  1. a male given name: Menelaus Wikipedia link: Menelaus (disambiguation) Categories (topical): Ancient Greek given names, Ancient Greek male given names Synonyms: Μενέλεως (Menéleōs)

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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "Menéleōs",
      "word": "Μενέλεως"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Μενέλαος"
}

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