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Strong's #3377 - μηνύω
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- to disclose or make known something secret
- in a forensic sense, to inform, report
- to declare, tell, make known
- to indicate, intimate
- of a teacher
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μην-ύω
(v. fin.), Dor. μᾱν- B. Fr. 10, SIG 417.7 (Delph., iii B. C.): fut. - ύσω Hdt. 2.121. γ ', etc.: aor. ἐμήνῡσα h.Merc. 264, And. 1.26, etc.: pf. μεμήνῡκα ib. 22, Pl. Ti. 48b, Men. Pk. 28: — Pass., pf. μεμήνῡται And. 1.10, Th. 1.20: aor. ἐμηνύθην E. Ion 1563, Pl. Criti. 108e: fut. μηνυθήσομαι Gal. UP 5.15: —
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1. disclose what is secret, reveal: generally, make known, declare, μ. τινί τι h.Merc. 254, Pi. N. 9.4, Hdt. 1.23; τι S. OT 102, 1384, etc.; τί μηνύεις νέον; E. Ba. 1029; τὸ πρᾶγμ' οὐ μεμήνυκ ' Men. l.c.; τοὺς ἑτερογνάθους μ. ἡ πέδη indicates, betrays them, X. Eq. 3.5; Λυδία λίθος μανύει χρυσόν B. l.c.: — Pass., κατὰ τὸ μεμηνυμένον Phld. Acad. Ind. p.81 M.
2. c. acc. et part., πρὸς τὸν βασιλέα μ. τινὰ ἔχοντα show that he has, Hdt. 2.121. γ'; ἐξ ἐπιβουλῆς ἀποθανόντα τινὰ μ. Antipho 2.1.5; γεγονὼς ἐμηνύθη πόλεμος Pl. Criti. l.c.: the part. is sts. omitted, τόδ' ἔργον.. σε μηνύει κακόν (sc. ὄντα) E. Hipp. 1077: c. acc. et inf., [ ποιηταὶ] ταῦτα οὕτως ἔχειν μ. Pl. R. 366b; also ἡ ἐπιστήμη μ. ὡς.. ἑπομένης τῆς ψυχῆς gives indication of the soul as following, Id. Cra. 412a.
3. folld. by an interrog. or Conj., μήνυσον αὐτοῖς τίς ἐστιν Id. Ap. 24d; ἀλλά μοι μηνύσατε εἰ.. inform me whether.., Ar. Ach. 206; μ. ὅτι.. Arist. EN 1101b29.
4. abs., ὡς ὁ ἔμπροσθεν μεμήνυκεν ἡμῖν λόγος Pl. Phdr. 277c, cf. Phlb. 19b.
II at Athens, inform, lay information against another, κατά τινος And. 1.20, Lys. 6.23; τινας Docum. ap. And. 1.13; ταῦτα And.ibid.; περὶ τῶν μυστηρίων ib. 19; μ. τι κατά τινος Th. 6.60; μ. τοῖς ἄρχουσίν τι Pl. Lg. 730d; πρός τινας D. 24.11: abs., ὁ μηνύσας OGI 665.29 (Egypt, i A. D.): impers. in Pass., μηνύεται information is laid, Th. 6.28; ὑποτοπήσαντες.. Ἱππίᾳ μεμηνῦσθαι Id. 1.20, cf. 6.57, And. 1.10; ὧν πέρι ἄλλων ἐμεμήνυτο Th. 6.61: — Pass., also of persons, to be informed against, denounced, τῶν μετ' αὐτοῦ μεμηνυμένων ib. 53, cf. X. HG 3.3.10; πρᾶγμα μηνυθέν E. Ion 1563; μηνυθέντος τοῦ ἐπιβουλεύματος Th. 4.89. [ ῡ always in fut., aor., and pf.; and in Att. so in pres. and impf.; ῠ in and Lyr. in pres. and impf., h.Merc. 254, Pi. N. l.c., O. 6.52, P. 1.93, I. 8(7).60, B.l.c., but ῡ, h.Merc. 373, B. 9.14, and later.]
μηνύω (cf. Curtius, § 429): 1 aorist ἐμηνυσα; 1 aorist passive participle feminine μηνυθεισα; as in Greek writings from Herodotus and Pindar down;
1. to disclose or make known something secret; in a forensic sense, to inform, report: followed by ποῦ ἐστιν, John 11:57; τίνι τί, passive, Acts 23:30.
2. universally, to declare, tell, make known: 1 Corinthians 10:28.
3. to indicate, intimate: of a teacher; followed by ὅτι, Luke 20:37. (A. V. uniformly show.)
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** μηνύω ,
[in LXX: 2 Maccabees 3:7; 2 Maccabees 6:11; 2 Maccabees 14:37, 3 Maccabees 3:28, 4 Maccabees 4:3 *;]
to disclose, declare, make known: Luke 20:37, 1 Corinthians 10:28; in forensic sense, to inform, report: John 11:57; pass., c. dat. pers., Acts 23:30.†
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