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μένω,
Epic dialect infinitive μενέμεν [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.486; 4th c.AD(?): Arcadius Grammaticus ] Refs 8th c.BC+] present participle μίνονσαι [[ “Schwyzer” 657.49 (Tegea, 4th c.BC)] Refs 4th c.BC+]; Epic dialect, Ionic dialect imperfect μένεσκον [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 19.42, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.42 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]: Epic dialect, Ionic dialect future μενέω [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 19.308, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.119 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; Attic dialect μενῶ [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 564, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]: aorist ἔμεινα [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 15.656, etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+]: perfect μεμένηκα [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.321 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; compare μίμνω:—stay, wait:
__I stand fast, in battle, οὐδ᾽ ἴφθιμοι Λύκιοι μένον, ἀλλὰ φόβηθεν [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.659; μενέω καὶ τλήσομαι 11.317 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; φεύγειν μηδὲ μένειν Oracle texts cited in [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.55, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 3.3.45, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 295; ἐμπέδως μ. 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 854; ἀραρότως [prev. author] “Supp.” 945 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; μ. κατὰ χώραν, of soldiers, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.26. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__I.2 stay at home, stay where one is, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.838; ἔντοσθε μένοντες 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 598; μ. αὐτοῦ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.62; οἴκοι 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Fragmenta - American Journal of Philology” 317; εἴσω δόμων [prev. author] “Th.” 232; κατ᾽ οἶκον 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 656; ἐν δόμοις 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 3.43, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 80; ἔνδον 4th c.BC: Amphis Comicus 1.3. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__I.2.b lodge, stay, παρὰ ματρί [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.186; πρὸς τοὺς γονέας 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἐπιστολαί” 13; ἐκεῖ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 30.4.10 codices (perhaps οἴκοι),compare 4th c.AD: Alciphro Epistolographus 3.5. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__I.2.c μ. ἀπὸ ἧς ἀλόχοιο stay away, be absent from.., [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.292; ἀπὸ πτολέμοιο 18.64 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]: and so absolutely, to be a shirker, ἴση μοῖρα μένοντι καὶ εἰ μάλα τις πολεμίζοι [[ 9.318. ] Refs]
__I.2.d οἱ μένοντες, opposed to οἱ φεύγοντες (exiles), [[ “IG” 12.10.27. ] Refs]
__I.3 stay, tarry, ἐς ἠέλιον καταδύντα [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 17.570; μενέουσι, εἰς ὅ κέ περ Τροίην διαπέρσομεν 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.45 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; loiter, be idle,[[ 11.666, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 796; οἱ μένοντες 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 4.4.19, etc. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__I.4 of things, to be lasting, remain, stand, στήλη μένει ἔμπεδον [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 17.434; ἀσφαλὲς αἰὲν.. μένει οὐρανός 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 6.4; τάδ᾽ αἰανῶς μένοι 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 672; αἰῶνα δ᾽ ἐς τρίτον μένει [prev. author] “Th.” 744 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 8th c.BC+]; opposed to φέρεσθαι, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 261d ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; εἰ μηδὲν μένει if nothing is fixed, [[ [prev. author] “Cra.” 440a; τὴν μεμενηκυῖαν κρίσιν 1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “περὶ τῶν Στωικῶν” 339.15 ] Refs 1st c.BC+]; οἱ μένοντες (i.e. ἀστέρες) having no proper motion, opposed to οἱ πλάνητες, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Caelo” 290a21; μένων κύκλος 4th c.BC: Autolycus Astronomus 12, +others, 1st c.BC: Ptolemaeus Epigrammaticus “Hyp.” 1.3] Refs 4th c.BC+]; μένουσιν ἀριστοκρατίαι are stable, permanent, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1308a3. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__I.4.b μ. παρά τινι remain in one's possession, [[ “CPR” 18.37 (2nd c.AD), etc. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__I.5 of condition, remain as one was, of a maiden, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 19.263 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; τῶν βεβαίως μοι φίλων μενόντων Ps.-Philipp. cited in [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 12.11; τὸ νόμισμα βούλεται μένειν 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1133b14 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]: generally, stand, hold good, ἢν μείνωσιν ὅρκοι [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 1000; μένειν τὸ ὅρκιον κατὰ χώρην 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.201; εἰ τὰ πρότερον μένει ἡμῖν ὁμολογήματα 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 480b ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; μ. τὰ βουλήματα καὶ οὐ μεταρρεῖ [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1167b7 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; of circumstances, οὐ μενεῖν κατὰ χώραν τὰ πράγματα [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.76 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὐδαμὰ ἐν τὠυτῷ μ., of prosperity, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.5; μένειν ἐμπέδοις φρονήμασι 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 169 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; μ. ἐπὶ τούτων [ἃ κατέστραπται] remain contented with.., [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 4.9; μ. ἐπὶ τούτοις 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 8.7 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐπὶ τούτῳ τῷ βίῳ μ. be content with.., [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 466c, compare 496b; μ. ἐλεύθερον 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 145 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of wine, keep good, [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 12.2.8. ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]
__I.6 abide by an opinion, conviction, etc., ἐπὶ τῷ ἀληθεῖ [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 356e ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; μενέτωσαν ἐν τοῖς διαγνωσθεῖσι Legal cited in [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.94 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; ὁ μένων the party which observes an engagement, [[ “PTeb.” 391.24 (1st c.AD). ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
__I.7 impersonal with infinitive, it remains for one to do, μένει.. ἐκτίνειν θέμιν [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 435 (Lyric poetry); τοῖς πᾶσιν ἀνθρώποισι κατθανεῖν μένει 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 733. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II transitive, of persons, await, expect (compare μίμνω), ἡμέρας μεῖναι φάος [[ [prev. author] “Rh.” 66; τοὺς Ἰλλυριούς 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.124, compare 8.78 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; especially await an attack without blenching, Δαναοὶ Τρῶας μένον ἔμπεδον, οὐδὲ φέβοντο [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.527, compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 436 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; of a rock, bide the storm, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 15.620; ἀπορίαν γὰρ οὐ μενῶ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 740: reversely of things, τὸ μόρσιμον γὰρ τόν τ᾽ ἐλεύθερον μένει] Refs 8th c.BC+] awaits him, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 103 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἐπίξηνον μένει (i.e. με) [[ [prev. author] “Ag.” 1277; ἀγὼν γὰρ ἄνδρας οὐ μένει λελειμμένους [prev. author] “fragment” 37; δεσμά με καὶ θλίψεις μένουσιν NT.Act.20.23. ] NT]
__II.2 with accusative et infinitive, wait for, ἦ μένετε Τρῶας σχεδὸν ἐλθέμε; wait ye for the Trojans to come nigh? [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.247; οὐ μενῶ πόσιν μολεῖν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 255 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; μένον δ᾽ ἐπὶ ἕσπερον ἐλθεῖν they waited for evening's coming on, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 1.422, etc.; οὐκ ἔμειν᾽ ἐλθεῖν τράπεζαν νυμφίαν 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 3.16 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; τί μένεις.. ἰένα; why wait to go? [[ 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 351 ] Refs 6th c.BC+]; μένω δ᾽ ἀκοῦσαι I wait, i.e. long, to hear, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 677, compare “Ag.” 459 (Lyric poetry). (Cf. O 4th c.AD: Perses Epigrammaticus ] Refs 4th c.BC+] man- 'wait', Latin maneo.)
