proper noun · masculinesecond declension
Menedēmus
Menedēmus m sg (genitive Menedēmī)
Classical[mɛ.nɛˈdeː.mʊs]Ecclesiastical[me.neˈdɛː.mus]
Meaning
- A Greek philosopher of Eretria
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Menedēmus | — |
| genitive | Menedēmī | — |
| dative | Menedēmō | — |
| accusative | Menedēmum | — |
| ablative | Menedēmō | — |
| vocative | Menedēme | — |
Mĕnĕdēmus, i, m., = Μενέδημος.
I. An Eretrian philosopher, a disciple of Plato, Cic. Ac. 2, 42, 129.—
II. An Athenian rhetorician in the time of Crassus, Cic. de Or. 1, 19, 85.—
III. A peripatetic philosopher from Rhodes, Gell. 13, 5, 3.—
IV. A Greek admitted to the privileges of citizenship, but afterwards executed, Cic. Att. 15, 19, 2.—
V. A general of Alexander the Great, Curt. 7, 6, 13; 7, 7, 15.—
VI. The name of a man, one of the Dramatis Personae in Ter. Heaut.
Origins
From Ancient Greek Μενέδημος (Menédēmos).