μνηστήρ: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Dor. μναστ-, ῆρος, ὁ, Ep. dat. pl. [[μνηστήρεσσι]], <span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[wooer]], [[suitor]], freq. in Od. of the suitors of Penelope, <span class="bibl">1.91</span>, al., cf. <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>9.106</span>, <span class="bibl">Th.1.9</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span> 9</span>, <span class="bibl">15</span>: c. gen., παιδὸς τῆς ἐμῆς μ. <span class="bibl">Hdt.6.130</span>; γάμων μ. <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>740</span>: metaph., <b class="b3">μ. ἀγώνων, πολέμου, στεφάνων</b>, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>12.24</span>,<span class="bibl"><span class="title">N.</span>1.16</span>,<span class="bibl"><span class="title">Fr.</span>19</span>; καλοῖς ἔργοις ὧν μνηστῆρα τὸν κίνδυνον εἶναι <span class="bibl">J.<span class="title">AJ</span>17.6.2</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b3">Μναστήρ, ὁ</b>, a month at Messene, <span class="title">IG</span>5(1).1447 (iii/ii B. C.).</span>