μινυρός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Back-formation from μῐνῠρῐ́ζω (mĭnŭrĭ́zō, “to whimper, whine”).

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

μῐνῠρός • (mĭnŭrós) m (feminine μῐνῠρᾱ́, neuter μῐνῠρόν); first/second declension

complaining in a low tone, whining, whimpering
(of young birds) twittering, chirping

Inflection

First and second declension of μῐνῠρός; μῐνῠρᾱ́; μῐνῠρόν (Attic)

Number	Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	μῐνῠρός mĭnŭrós	μῐνῠρᾱ́ mĭnŭrā́	μῐνῠρόν mĭnŭrón	μῐνῠρώ mĭnŭrṓ	μῐνῠρᾱ́ mĭnŭrā́	μῐνῠρώ mĭnŭrṓ	μῐνῠροί mĭnŭroí	μῐνῠραί mĭnŭraí	μῐνῠρᾰ́ mĭnŭrắ
Genitive	μῐνῠροῦ mĭnŭroû	μῐνῠρᾶς mĭnŭrâs	μῐνῠροῦ mĭnŭroû	μῐνῠροῖν mĭnŭroîn	μῐνῠραῖν mĭnŭraîn	μῐνῠροῖν mĭnŭroîn	μῐνῠρῶν mĭnŭrôn	μῐνῠρῶν mĭnŭrôn	μῐνῠρῶν mĭnŭrôn
Dative	μῐνῠρῷ mĭnŭrōî	μῐνῠρᾷ mĭnŭrāî	μῐνῠρῷ mĭnŭrōî	μῐνῠροῖν mĭnŭroîn	μῐνῠραῖν mĭnŭraîn	μῐνῠροῖν mĭnŭroîn	μῐνῠροῖς mĭnŭroîs	μῐνῠραῖς mĭnŭraîs	μῐνῠροῖς mĭnŭroîs
Accusative	μῐνῠρόν mĭnŭrón	μῐνῠρᾱ́ν mĭnŭrā́n	μῐνῠρόν mĭnŭrón	μῐνῠρώ mĭnŭrṓ	μῐνῠρᾱ́ mĭnŭrā́	μῐνῠρώ mĭnŭrṓ	μῐνῠρούς mĭnŭroús	μῐνῠρᾱ́ς mĭnŭrā́s	μῐνῠρᾰ́ mĭnŭrắ
Vocative	μῐνῠρέ mĭnŭré	μῐνῠρᾱ́ mĭnŭrā́	μῐνῠρόν mĭnŭrón	μῐνῠρώ mĭnŭrṓ	μῐνῠρᾱ́ mĭnŭrā́	μῐνῠρώ mĭnŭrṓ	μῐνῠροί mĭnŭroí	μῐνῠραί mĭnŭraí	μῐνῠρᾰ́ mĭnŭrắ
Derived forms	Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
Derived forms	μῐνῠρῶς mĭnŭrôs			μῐνῠρώτερος mĭnŭrṓteros			μῐνῠρώτᾰτος mĭnŭrṓtătos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Pronunciation

Adjective

Inflection

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