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μνηστήρ

μνηστήρ, a wooer, suitor

μνηστ-ήρ, Dor. μναστ-, ῆρος, ὁ, Ep. dat. pl. μνηστήρεσσι,
  • wooer, suitor, freq. in Od. of the suitors of Penelope, 1.91, al., cf. Pi. P. 9.106, Th. 1.9, S. Tr. 9, 15: c. gen., παιδὸς τῆς ἐμῆς μ. Hdt. 6.130; γάμων μ. A. Pr. 740: metaph., μ. ἀγώνων, πολέμου, στεφάνων, Pi. P. 12.24, N. 1.16, Fr. 19; καλοῖς ἔργοις ὧν μνηστῆρα τὸν κίνδυνον εἶναι J. AJ 17.6.2.
    • II Μναστήρ, ὁ, a month at Messene, IG 5(1).1447 (iii/ii B. C.).

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