μηνις
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μηνις
Is μενις declined according to the same pattern as πολις?
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In Homer and Herodotus, yes. In Attic, no (LSJ: μῆνις). It seems to have had a bit of an identity crisis in Attic. See also Smyth §269.
William S. Annis — http://www.aoidoi.org/ — http://www.scholiastae.org/
τίς πατέρ' αἰνήσει εἰ μὴ κακοδαίμονες υἱοί;
τίς πατέρ' αἰνήσει εἰ μὴ κακοδαίμονες υἱοί;