# μανθάνω
## Ancient Greek
### Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *məntʰánō, *mantʰánō, from Proto-Indo-European *mn̥-n-dʰ-, nasal infix present of *men-dʰ-, *dʰ-extension of *men- (“to think, mind”), thus "to put one's mind".

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /man.tʰá.nɔː/ → /manˈθa.no/ → /manˈθa.no/
* (5th BCE Attic) IPA: /man.tʰá.nɔː/
* (1st CE Egyptian) IPA: /manˈtʰa.no/
* (4th CE Koine) IPA: /manˈθa.no/
* (10th CE Byzantine) IPA: /manˈθa.no/
* (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA: /manˈθa.no/

### Verb

μᾰνθᾰ́νω • (mănthắnō)
* to learn
    Antonym: διδάσκω (didáskō)
* (aorist) to know, understand
* to seek, ask, inquire
* to have a habit of, be accustomed to
* to notice, perceive
* (in questions) Τί μαθών; "What were you thinking?" "Why on earth?"

#### Derived terms

* ἀναμανθάνω (anamanthánō)
* ἀντιμανθάνω (antimanthánō)
* ἀπομανθάνω (apomanthánō)
* διαμανθάνω (diamanthánō)
* ἐκμανθάνω (ekmanthánō)
* ἐπιμανθάνω (epimanthánō)
* καταμανθάνω (katamanthánō)
* μεταμανθάνω (metamanthánō)
* προμανθάνω (promanthánō)
* προσμανθάνω (prosmanthánō)
* συμμανθάνω (summanthánō)

#### Related terms

* ἀμαθής (amathḗs)
* ἀμάθητος (amáthētos)
* ἀμαθίᾱ (amathíā)
* Ἐπιμηθεύς (Epimētheús)
* ἐπιμηθής (epimēthḗs)
* μάθη (máthē)
* μάθημα (máthēma)
* μάθησις (máthēsis)
* μαθητεία (mathēteía)
* μαθητέος (mathētéos)
* μαθητεύω (mathēteúō)
* μαθητής (mathētḗs)
* μαθητιάω (mathētiáō)
* μαθητικός (mathētikós)
* μαθητός (mathētós)
* μαθήτρια (mathḗtria)
* Προμηθεύς (Promētheús)
* προμηθής (promēthḗs)

#### Descendants

* Greek:
    Medieval: μανθάνω, μαθαίνω, μαθάνω, μανθαίνω, μανθάννω, μαθθαίνω
    Modern Greek: μαθαίνω (mathaíno) (also εκμανθάνω)

### References

* ↑ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “μανθάνω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 901
* ↑ μανθάνω - Kriaras, Emmanuel (1969-) Επιτομή του Λεξικού της Μεσαιωνικής Ελληνικής Δημώδους Γραμματείας (Epitomí tou Lexikoú tis Mesaionikís Ellinikís Dimódous Grammateías) [Concise Dictionary of the Kriaras' Dictionary of Medieval Vulgar Greek Literature (1100–1669) Vols. 1–14. Vols 15- under I. Kazazes.)] (in Greek), Thessaloniki: Centre for the Greek language Online edition (abbreviations) Printed edition 2022: 22 vols.)

### Further reading

* “μανθάνω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* “μανθάνω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
* “μανθάνω”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
* μανθάνω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
* μανθάνω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
* “μανθάνω”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
* G3129 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
* μανθάνω in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften