He is seeking in marriage.
The headword is the third person singular present indicative form of the deponent verb
μνάομαι . This form appears twice in
Homer, at
Odyssey 16.77 -- the
scholia to which provide the gloss here -- and 19.529 (web addresses 1 and 2).
This entry also appears at
Photius mu477 and
Synagoge mu235. Other forms of this verb appear in the Suda at
mu 1147 and
mu 1177.
cf. also
epsilon 990.
No. of records found: 1
Page 1