2.to stay at home, stay where one is, not stir, Il.; μ. εἴσω δόμων Aesch.; κατ᾽ οἶκον Eur., etc.:—but, μ. ἀπό τινος to stay away from, Il.
3.to stay, tarry, Hom., etc.
5.of condition, to remain as one was, of a maiden, Il.; ἢ μείνωσιν ὅρκοι if oaths hold good, Eur.; μ. ἐπὶ τούτων to remain contented with.., Dem.
7.impers. c. inf., it remains for one to do, ἀνθρώποισι κατθανεῖν μένει Eur.
II.trans. to await, expect, wait for, c. acc., Il.; so, like Lat. manere hostem, Hom., etc.:—so, also c. acc. et inf., ἦ μένετε Τρῶας σχεδὸν ἐλθέμεν; wait ye for the Trojans to come nigh? Il.; μένον δ᾽ ἐπὶ ἕσπερον ἐλθεῖν they waited for evening's coming on, Od.; μένω δ᾽ ἀκοῦσαι I wait, i. e. long, to hear, Aesch.