- μέμνων
- μέμνων, -ονοςGrammatical information: m.Meaning: 1. name of `a black bird (Ael., Q. S., Dionys. Av.);Other forms: Cf. 2. μέμνων ὁ ὄνος; μεμνόν\<ε\>ια τὰ ὄνεια κρέα H.; after Poll. 9, 84 also name of the relevant market.Derivatives: μεμνονίδες f. pl. `id.' (Paus. 10, 31, 6).Origin: 1. XX [etym. unknown]; 2. GR[a formation built with Greek elements]Etymology: The relevant birds were by antique spokesmen in different ways connected with the tomb of Memnon; s. Thompson Birds s. v. and Hitzig-Blümner to the place in Paus. -- In the meaning of 'ὄνος' we have an appellative use of the PN Μέμνων as "the steadfast" (s. μενω), because of the proverbial inertness of the donkey (cf. Λ 558ff.); cf. Schulze Kl. Schr. 699 w. n. 1. Cf. on ἀλέκτωρ (s. ἀλεκτρυών), καλλίας, Κάστωρ; see Schrader-Nehring Reallex. 1, 2311 with further examples of the same process.See also: .Page in Frisk: 2,206
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.