μυριάς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From μῡρῐ́ος (mūrĭ́os, “countless, ten thousand”) +‎ -ᾰ́ς (-ắs).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

μῡρῐᾰ́ς • (mūrĭắs) f (genitive μῡρῐᾰ́δος); third declension

  1. a number of ten thousand, a myriad
    1. often indefinitely, of countless numbers

Usage notes

When μυριάς (muriás) is used for money, δραχμῶν (drakhmôn, “drachmae”) must be supplied.

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ μῡρῐᾰ́ς; τῆς μῡρῐᾰ́δος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ μῡρῐᾰ́ς
hē mūrĭắs 		τὼ μῡρῐᾰ́δε
tṑ mūrĭắde 		αἱ μῡρῐᾰ́δες
hai mūrĭắdes
Genitive τῆς μῡρῐᾰ́δος
tês mūrĭắdos 		τοῖν μῡρῐᾰ́δοιν
toîn mūrĭắdoin 		τῶν μῡρῐᾰ́δων
tôn mūrĭắdōn
Dative τῇ μῡρῐᾰ́δῐ
tēî mūrĭắdĭ 		τοῖν μῡρῐᾰ́δοιν
toîn mūrĭắdoin 		ταῖς μῡρῐᾰ́σῐ / μῡρῐᾰ́σῐν
taîs mūrĭắsĭ(n)
Accusative τὴν μῡρῐᾰ́δᾰ
tḕn mūrĭắdă 		τὼ μῡρῐᾰ́δε
tṑ mūrĭắde 		τᾱ̀ς μῡρῐᾰ́δᾰς
tā̀s mūrĭắdăs
Vocative μῡρῐᾰ́ς
mūrĭắs 		μῡρῐᾰ́δε
mūrĭắde 		μῡρῐᾰ́δες
mūrĭắdes
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
  • Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Descendants

  • → Latin: mȳrias

References

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