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proper noun · masculinesecond declension

Menelāus

Menelāus m sg (genitive Menelāī)
Classical[mɛ.nɛˈɫaː.ʊs]Ecclesiastical[me.neˈlaː.us]

Meaning

  1. a male given name, Menelaus, from Ancient Greek
  2. Greekthe son of Atreus, brother of Agamemnon, and husband of Helen

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeMenelāus—
genitiveMenelāī—
dativeMenelāō—
accusativeMenelāum
Menelāon		—
ablativeMenelāō—
vocativeMenelāe—

Mĕnĕlāüs, i, m., = Μενέλαος.
I. Son of Atreus, brother of Agamemnon, and husband of Helen, who eloped from him with Paris, Cic. Brut. 13, 50; id. Rep. 5, 9, 14; Auct. Her. 3, 21, 34; Ov. M. 13, 203; id. A. A. 2, 359.—
B. Transf., a cuckold.— Jestingly of M. Lucullus, whose wife was seduced by C. Memmius, Cic. Att. 1, 18, 3.—
II. Menelaus Marathenus, a Greek rhetorician, from the old Phoenician city of Marathus, Cic. Brut. 26, 100.—
III. Menelai portus, a city with a port of the same name on the shore of the Mediterranean, between Cyrene and Egypt, Nep. Ages. 8, 6; also called Menelaita urbs, Edict. Justin. 13, 9, 2.—Hence, adj.: Mĕnĕlāĕus, a, um, of Menelaus, Prop. 2, 15 (3, 7), 14.

Origins

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Μενέλᾱος (Menélāos).

In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries

Biography & mythologyMenelausMenelaus. Μενέλαος, Μενέλεως, (or Μενέλεις), a son of Atreus, and younger brother of Agamemnon and Anaxibia. He was king of Lacedaemon, and married to…GeographyMenelausMenelaus (Μενέλαος, Strab. xviii. p.803; Steph. B. sub voce: Eth. Menelaites), was a town of the Delta, situated to SE. of the highroad between Alexan…

Quick answers

What does Menelāus mean in Latin?
Menelāus, a proper noun, means “a male given name, Menelaus, from Ancient Greek”.
What is the genitive of Menelāus?
The genitive singular is Menelāī. Menelāus is masculine, second declension.
How do you pronounce Menelāus?
In classical Latin, [mɛ.nɛˈɫaː.ʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [me.neˈlaː.us].