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|Definition=εος, τό, <span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[might]], [[force]], μή μ' ἀπογυιώσῃς μένεος, ἀλκῆς τε λάθωμαι <span class="bibl">Il.6.265</span>; μ. χειρῶν <span class="bibl">5.506</span> (more freq. μ. καὶ χεῖρες <span class="bibl">6.502</span>, al.); μ. καὶ γυῖα <span class="bibl">6.27</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> of animals, [[strength]], [[fierceness]], <b class="b3">παρδάλιος, λέοντος</b>, <span class="bibl">17.20</span>; of horses, [[spirit]], ib.<span class="bibl">456</span>, <span class="bibl">476</span>, etc.; ἵππος κατασθμαίνων μένει <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Th.</span> 393</span>; <b class="b3">ὑπὸ χαρᾶς καὶ μένους</b>, of dogs, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyn.</span>6.15</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> of things, [[force]], [[might]], [[[ἔγχεος]]] <span class="bibl">Il.13.444</span>; ἠελίοιο <span class="bibl">Od.10.160</span>; πυρός <span class="bibl">Il.6.182</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ach.</span> 665</span>; ποταμῶν <span class="bibl">Il.12.18</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>720</span>; ἄστρων θερμὸν μ. <span class="bibl">Parm.11.3</span>; ἀνέμων <span class="bibl">Emp.111.3</span>; χειμῶνος <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Heracl.</span>428</span>; χαλινῶν ἀναύδῳ μένει <span class="bibl">A. <span class="title">Ag.</span>238</span> (lyr.); ἄτης <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ch.</span>1076</span> (anap.); τὸ ἀπὸ τοῦ οἴνου μ. <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Acut.</span> 63</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">VM</span>9</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> [[life]], ἀπὸ γὰρ μ. εἵλετο χαλκός <span class="bibl">Il.3.294</span>; λύθη ψυχή τε μ. τε <span class="bibl">5.296</span>; <b class="b3">φυσῶσι μέλαν μ</b>. the black [[life-blood]], <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>1412</span> (anap.), cf. <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>1067</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> of the soul, [[spirit]], [[passion]], <b class="b3">μ. ἀνδρῶν</b> the [[battlerage]] of men, <span class="bibl">Il.2.387</span>; μ. Ἄρηος <span class="bibl">18.264</span>: less freq. in pl., mostly in phrase μένεα πνείοντες <span class="bibl">2.536</span>, al.; μένος καὶ θυμός <span class="bibl">5.470</span>, al., <span class="bibl"><span class="title">h.Cer.</span> 361</span>; μ. καὶ θάρσος <span class="bibl">Il.5.2</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.1.321</span>; μ. ἔλλαβε θυμόν <span class="bibl">Il.23.468</span>; μένεος δ' ἐμπλήσατο θυμόν <span class="bibl">22.312</span>; μένεος δὲ μέγα φρένες ἀμφὶ μέλαιναι πίμπλαντο <span class="bibl">1.103</span>: also in Att., ὀργῆς καὶ μένους ἐμπλήμενος <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">V.</span>424</span>; ὅτε ζέσειεν τὸ τοῦ θυμοῦ μ. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ti.</span>70b</span>; μένους τὴν ψυχὴν πληρουμένην Alcid. ap. <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Rh.</span>1406a2</span> (but <b class="b3">νοῦς… πληρωθεὶς μένους</b> filled with [[spiritual exaltation]], <span class="bibl">Plot.5.5.8</span>); θυμὸς ὁ κρατέων τῶ μένεος Theag. ap. Stob.3.1.117; <b class="b3">προθυμία καὶ μ., μ. καὶ θάρρος</b>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>3.3.61</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">HG</span>7.1.31</span>; παντὶ μένει σπεύδων <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Sc.</span>364</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> [[intent]], [[purpose]], [<b class="b3">Τρώων] μ. αἰὲν ἀτάσθαλον</b> their [[bent]] is aye to folly, <span class="bibl">Il.13.634</span>: in pl., [[intents]], ἐμῶν μενέων ἀπερωεύς <span class="bibl">8.361</span>: hence, [[temper]], [[disposition]], in compds., like [[εὐμενής]], [[δυσμενής]]. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> in periphr., like [[βίη]], etc., <b class="b3">ἱερὸν μένος Ἀντινόοιο</b>, for <span class="title">Antinous</span> himself, <span class="bibl">Od.18.34</span>; μένος Ἀτρεΐδαο <span class="bibl">Il.11.268</span>; μένε' ἀνδρῶν <span class="bibl">4.447</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.4.363</span>; καταφθιμένου μ. ἀνδρός <span class="bibl">Emp.111.9</span>; αἴης λάσιον μ. <span class="bibl">Id.27.2</span>; <b class="b3">αἰθέριον μ</b>., = [[αἰθήρ]], <span class="bibl">Id.115.9</span>. (Cf. Skt. [[mánas]] 'spirit', 'passion', Gr. <b class="b3">μέμονα, μαίνομαι</b>.)</span>