μιαρός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From μιαίνω (miaínō, “stain”) +‎ -ρός (-rós).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /mi.a.rós/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /mi.aˈros/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /mi.aˈros/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /mi.aˈros/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /mi.aˈros/

Adjective

μῐᾰρός • (mĭărós) m (feminine μῐᾰρᾱ́, neuter μῐᾰρόν); first/second declension

stained with blood, unclean, dirty, polluted
(moral and religious) filthy, defiled, polluted, foul
ugly

Declension

First and second declension of μῐᾰρός; μῐᾰρᾱ́; μῐᾰρόν (Attic)

Number	Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	μῐᾰρός mĭărós	μῐᾰρᾱ́ mĭărā́	μῐᾰρόν mĭărón	μῐᾰρώ mĭărṓ	μῐᾰρᾱ́ mĭărā́	μῐᾰρώ mĭărṓ	μῐᾰροί mĭăroí	μῐᾰραί mĭăraí	μῐᾰρᾰ́ mĭărắ
Genitive	μῐᾰροῦ mĭăroû	μῐᾰρᾶς mĭărâs	μῐᾰροῦ mĭăroû	μῐᾰροῖν mĭăroîn	μῐᾰραῖν mĭăraîn	μῐᾰροῖν mĭăroîn	μῐᾰρῶν mĭărôn	μῐᾰρῶν mĭărôn	μῐᾰρῶν mĭărôn
Dative	μῐᾰρῷ mĭărōî	μῐᾰρᾷ mĭărāî	μῐᾰρῷ mĭărōî	μῐᾰροῖν mĭăroîn	μῐᾰραῖν mĭăraîn	μῐᾰροῖν mĭăroîn	μῐᾰροῖς mĭăroîs	μῐᾰραῖς mĭăraîs	μῐᾰροῖς mĭăroîs
Accusative	μῐᾰρόν mĭărón	μῐᾰρᾱ́ν mĭărā́n	μῐᾰρόν mĭărón	μῐᾰρώ mĭărṓ	μῐᾰρᾱ́ mĭărā́	μῐᾰρώ mĭărṓ	μῐᾰρούς mĭăroús	μῐᾰρᾱ́ς mĭărā́s	μῐᾰρᾰ́ mĭărắ
Vocative	μῐᾰρέ mĭăré	μῐᾰρᾱ́ mĭărā́	μῐᾰρόν mĭărón	μῐᾰρώ mĭărṓ	μῐᾰρᾱ́ mĭărā́	μῐᾰρώ mĭărṓ	μῐᾰροί mĭăroí	μῐᾰραί mĭăraí	μῐᾰρᾰ́ mĭărắ
Derived forms	Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
Derived forms	μῐᾰρῶς mĭărôs			μῐᾰρώτερος mĭărṓteros			μῐᾰρώτᾰτος mĭărṓtătos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Related terms

μίασμα (míasma)

References

“μιαρός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“μιαρός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
μιαρός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
μιαρός, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011