μέντοι

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From μέν (mén) + τοι (toi).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /mén.toi̯/ → /ˈmen.ty/ → /ˈmen.di/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /mén.toi̯/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈmen.ty/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈmen.ty/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈmen.ty/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈmen.di/

Particle

μέντοι • (méntoi)

1. (with a conjunctive force) yet, however, nevertheless
   • 525 BCE – 455 BCE, Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 320
   • 525 BCE – 455 BCE, Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 1054
   • 497 BCE – 405 BCE, Sophocles, Women of Trachis 413
   1. of course
      • 428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Phaedrus 65D
      • Suda, ε 206
2. (as an adverb in strong protestations)
   • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Demosthenes, First Philippic 49
   • 428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Phaedo 65D
   • 428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Protagoras 309A
   • 428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Phaedrus 229B
   • 380 BCE, Plato, The Republic 339B
   • 428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Phaedrus 236D
   • 423 BCE, Aristophanes, The Clouds 787
   • 405 BCE, Aristophanes, The Frogs 171
   • 125 CE – 200 CE, Lucian, Alexander the False Prophet 44
   • 421 BCE, Aristophanes, Peace 1100
   • 414 BCE, Aristophanes, The Birds 661
   • 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Anabasis 1.4.8
   • 366 BCE – 348 BCE, Plato, Theaetetus 158E
   • 440 BCE – 390 BCE, Andocides, On the Mysteries 130
3. (μέντοι γε)
   • 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Cyropaedia 5.5.24
   • 412 BCE – 323 BCE, Diogenes of Sinope, Apoll. 5
   • 458 BCE, Aeschylus, Agamemnon 938
   • 429 BCE, Sophocles, Oedipus the King 778
   • 429 BCE, Sophocles, Oedipus the King 1292
   • 480 BCE – 406 BCE, Euripides, Hex. 600
   • 405 BCE, Aristophanes, The Frogs 61
4. (καὶ μέντοι καί)
   • 380 BCE, Plato, The Republic 331D
   • 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Anabasis 4.6.15
   • 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Anabasis 1.8.20
   • 428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Protagoras 339C
   • 366 BCE – 348 BCE, Plato, Theaetetus 143A
5. (ἀλλὰ μέντοι) but as a matter of fact, but really
   • 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Anabasis 4.6.16
   • 380 BCE, Plato, The Republic 331E

References

• “μέντοι”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “μέντοι”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “μέντοι”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• μέντοι in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• G3305 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • however idem, page 408.
  • nevertheless idem, page 556.
  • notwithstanding idem, page 562.
  • yet idem, page 996.