Scaife ATLAS

μνηστεύω μνηστεύω, μνάομαι to woo, court, seek in marriage, Od., Eur.: to woo and win, espouse, Theogn., Theocr.:—Pass., μναστευθεῖσʼ ἐξ Ἐλλάνων Eur. to promise in marriage, betroth, τὴν θυγατέρα τινί Eur.:—Pass., τῇ μεμνηστευμένῃ αὐτῷ γυναικί to his betrothed wife, NTest. to sue or canvass for a thing, Plut.

ShortDef

to woo, court, seek in marriage

Debugging

Headword:

μνηστεύω

Headword (normalized):

μνηστεύω

Headword (normalized/stripped):

μνηστευω

IDX:

21411

URN:

urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:middle-liddell.perseus-eng2-n21432

Key:

mnhsteu/w

Data

{'content': 'μνηστεύω\n μνηστεύω,\n μνάομαι\n to woo, court, seek in marriage, Od., Eur.: to woo and win, espouse, Theogn., Theocr.:—Pass., μναστευθεῖσʼ ἐξ Ἐλλάνων Eur.\n to promise in marriage, betroth, τὴν θυγατέρα τινί Eur.:—Pass., τῇ μεμνηστευμένῃ αὐτῷ γυναικί to his betrothed wife, NTest.\n to sue or canvass for a thing, Plut.', 'key': 'mnhsteu/w'}