Noun: μείς
Hyphenation:
Gender: Masculine
Nominative
| Singular | μείς |
| Dual | μῆνε; τοὺ μεῖννε |
| Plural | μῆνες; μεῖννες |
| Singular | meís |
| Dual | mêne; toù meînne |
| Plural | mênes; meînnes |
Genitive
| Singular | μηνός; μειννός |
| Dual | μηνοῖν; μειννοῖν |
| Plural | μηνῶν; τοῦν μειννῶν |
| Singular | mēnós; toî meinnós |
| Dual | mēnoîn; meinnoîn |
| Plural | mēnôn; toûn meinnôn |
Dative
| Singular | μηνῐ́; μειννῐ́ |
| Dual | μηνοῖν; μειννοῖν |
| Plural | μησῐ́; μησῐ́ν; μείννεσσῐ |
| Singular | tōî mēnĭ́; meinnĭ́ |
| Dual | mēnoîn; meinnoîn |
| Plural | mēsĭ́(n); meínnessĭ |
Accusative
| Singular | μεῖννᾰ |
| Dual | μῆνε; μεῖννε |
| Plural | μῆνᾰς; μεῖννᾰς |
| Singular | mênă; meînnă |
| Dual | mêne; meînne |
| Plural | mênăs; meînnăs |
Vocative
| Singular | μείς |
| Dual | μῆνε; μεῖννε |
| Plural | μῆνες; μεῖννες |
| Singular | meís |
| Dual | mêne; meînne |
| Plural | mênes; meînnes |
Sample Sentences
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ἣ δ’ ἐκύει φίλον υἱόν, ὃ δ’ ἕβδομος ἑστήκει μείς (And she bore a beloved son; and the seventh month was come.) [c. 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 19.114]
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371 BCE – 287 BCE, Theophrastus, On Weather Signs 27
Nouns inflected like μείς
μείς,
Etymology
From Proto-Hellenic *méns, from Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s, itself possibly from *meh₁- (“measure”). Cognate with Latin mēnsis, Proto-Germanic *mēnô (English moon) and *mēnōþs (English month), Old Armenian ամիս (amis), Old Irish mí, Proto-Slavic *měsęcь (Russian месяц (mesjac, “moon, month”)). See: Latin Nouns '
mēnsis', English Nouns '
moon', English Nouns '
month', Russian Nouns '
месяц'.
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