Mene

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mene¹

noun menes

  1. The high middle singing voice (especially as for a boy) or part in musical composition, corresponding roughly to the alto. He starts out by saying that there are three sights, the mene, treble, and quadreble, but actually he discusses only two, the treble and quadreble, both of which are read at the transposition of an octave.

Mene²

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Μήνη (Mḗnē).

proper noun

  1. Greek A goddess of the Moon, specifically presiding over the months, sometimes regarded as an epithet of Selene.

Mene³

proper noun

  1. A surname

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