μηρία
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
Etymology
From the root of μῆρα (mêra) and μηρός (mērós).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /mɛː.rí.a/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /me̝ˈri.a/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /miˈri.a/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /miˈri.a/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /miˈri.a/
Noun
μηρίᾰ • (mēríă) n pl (genitive μηρῐ́ων); second declension
- synonym of μῆρα (mêra)
Declension
| Case / # | Plural | ||||||||||||
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| Nominative | τᾰ̀ μηρῐ́ᾰ tằ mērĭ́ă | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τῶν μηρῐ́ων tôn mērĭ́ōn | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τοῖς μηρῐ́οις toîs mērĭ́ois | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τᾰ̀ μηρῐ́ᾰ tằ mērĭ́ă | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | μηρῐ́ᾰ mērĭ́ă | ||||||||||||
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Further reading
- “μηρία”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- μηρία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- μηρία in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “μηρία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- thigh idem, page 866.