μῆννος

μήν 2

Grammatical information: m.

Meaning: `month' (Il.), also `moon-sickle (Ion., Ar., Att. inscr., Thphr.).

Other forms: also Att. μείς, Dor. μής, El. μεύς, gen. μηνός, Aeol. μῆννος.

Compounds: Compp., e.g. μηνο-ειδής `with the form of a moonsickle' (IA.), PN Μηνό-δωρος, also μηνί-αρχος, - άρχης m. `monthly commander' (pap. IV^a; after ταξί-αρχος a. o.); ἠλιτό-μηνος `missing the month' (T118; cf. s. v.), ἐπι-μήν-ιος `lasting a month, montly' (IA.; hypostasis); on - μην- as 2. member Sommer Nominalkomp. 55ff.

Derivatives: μήν-η `month' (Il.; like σελήνη, cf. Güntert Reimwortbildungen 220, Risch $35d), - άς `id.' (E.); μην-ίσκος m. `moonsickle', esp. name of several moonsickle-formed objects (Ar., Arist.); μην-ιαῖος `a month old, monthly' (Hp., LXX, pap.), - ιεῖος `monthly' (hell. pap.; Chantraine Form. 49 u. 53), μην-αῖος `belonging to the month' (Orac. ap. Lyd. Mens.; prob. from μήνη); μηνιαστεία f. `monthly achievement' (pap. III<sup>p</sup>), but cf. Μηνιασταί m. pl. ` adorers of Μήν' (Rhodos); μήνιον n. plantname, `peony' (Ps.-Dsc.), for the astrological use, Strömberg Pflanzennamen 133.

Origin: IE [Indo-European] [731] *meh₁nōt, * meh₁n-es-s `moon, month'

Etymology: From the Aeol. cas. obl., gen. μῆνν-ος for *μηνσ-ος etc., arose an analog. nom. *μηνς, from which with vowelshortening *μενς, through loss of the nasal and comp. lengthening μείς, resp. μής. To μην-ός etc. (with simplification of the νν) arose μήν, after Ζηνός: Ζεύς El. μεύς. -- Beside the obl. stem *μηνσ- \< IE * mēns- there was originally in the nom. a disyllabic * mēnōs- with lengthened grade or (with alternating -t-) * mēnōt-, from which came Lith. mė́uo `moon, month', Germ., e.g. Goth. menoÞs `month'. The disyllabic form (with full grade) is seen alo in Lith. mė́es-is `month'. On monosyllabic * mēns- are based both Lat. mens-is (gen. pl. mens-um) as (with loss of the -n-) Skt. mās- `moon, month'. The development of the calendrical meaning `month' was accompanied by the creation of new expressions for `monyh' ( σελήνη, luna etc.). Original connection with meh₁-'measure' (s. μῆτις) because of the role of the moon as time-measure is quite possible. -- Further forms WP. 2,271f., Pok. 731f., W.-Hofmann s. mēnsis, Fraenkel s. meṅ́uo, Scherer Gestirnnamen 61 ff.. On the Greek forms Schwyzer 279f., 286, 515 w. n. 5, 569, Leumann Hom. Wörter 288 n. 41.

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