Μέν | Ancient Greek Analysis with Conjugation Tables

Definition

A postpositive particle marking emphasis or contrast, often introducing the first member of a balanced pair (“on the one hand …”); commonly followed by δέ (“… but/on the other hand”). It can also simply give slight emphasis (“indeed, to be sure”) without an explicit counterpart.

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Grammatical Analysis

"Μέν"

Form: Μέν

Lemma: μέν

Function: postpositive particle marking emphasis/contrast; typically correlates with δέ in a μέν ... δέ construction (often: ‘on the one hand ... but/on the other hand ...’). It can also mark a preparatory or concessive nuance (‘indeed’, ‘to be sure’) expecting a following contrast or limitation.

Related Forms of μέν

4 forms discovered

Other inflected forms of this word that have been analyzed:

Μεν particle μεν particle MEN particle men particle

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