μυριόφθαλμος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From μῡρῐ́ος (mūrĭ́os, “countless, infinite”) + ὀφθᾰλμός (ophthălmós, “eye”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /myː.ri.ópʰ.tʰal.mos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /my.riˈopʰ.tʰal.mos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /my.riˈoɸ.θal.mos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /my.riˈof.θal.mos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /mi.riˈof.θal.mos/
Adjective
μῡρῐόφθᾰλμος • (mūrĭóphthălmos) m or f (neuter μῡρῐόφθᾰλμον); second declension
Inflection
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
| Nominative | μῡρῐόφθᾰλμος mūrĭóphthălmos |
μῡρῐόφθᾰλμον mūrĭóphthălmon |
μῡρῐοφθᾰ́λμω mūrĭophthắlmō |
μῡρῐοφθᾰ́λμω mūrĭophthắlmō |
μῡρῐόφθᾰλμοι mūrĭóphthălmoi |
μῡρῐόφθᾰλμᾰ mūrĭóphthălmă | ||||||||
| Genitive | μῡρῐοφθᾰ́λμου mūrĭophthắlmou |
μῡρῐοφθᾰ́λμου mūrĭophthắlmou |
μῡρῐοφθᾰ́λμοιν mūrĭophthắlmoin |
μῡρῐοφθᾰ́λμοιν mūrĭophthắlmoin |
μῡρῐοφθᾰ́λμων mūrĭophthắlmōn |
μῡρῐοφθᾰ́λμων mūrĭophthắlmōn | ||||||||
| Dative | μῡρῐοφθᾰ́λμῳ mūrĭophthắlmōi |
μῡρῐοφθᾰ́λμῳ mūrĭophthắlmōi |
μῡρῐοφθᾰ́λμοιν mūrĭophthắlmoin |
μῡρῐοφθᾰ́λμοιν mūrĭophthắlmoin |
μῡρῐοφθᾰ́λμοις mūrĭophthắlmois |
μῡρῐοφθᾰ́λμοις mūrĭophthắlmois | ||||||||
| Accusative | μῡρῐόφθᾰλμον mūrĭóphthălmon |
μῡρῐόφθᾰλμον mūrĭóphthălmon |
μῡρῐοφθᾰ́λμω mūrĭophthắlmō |
μῡρῐοφθᾰ́λμω mūrĭophthắlmō |
μῡρῐοφθᾰ́λμους mūrĭophthắlmous |
μῡρῐόφθᾰλμᾰ mūrĭóphthălmă | ||||||||
| Vocative | μῡρῐόφθᾰλμε mūrĭóphthălme |
μῡρῐόφθᾰλμον mūrĭóphthălmon |
μῡρῐοφθᾰ́λμω mūrĭophthắlmō |
μῡρῐοφθᾰ́λμω mūrĭophthắlmō |
μῡρῐόφθᾰλμοι mūrĭóphthălmoi |
μῡρῐόφθᾰλμᾰ mūrĭóphthălmă | ||||||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| μῡρῐοφθᾰ́λμως mūrĭophthắlmōs |
μῡρῐοφθᾰλμότερος mūrĭophthălmóteros |
μῡρῐοφθᾰλμότᾰτος mūrĭophthălmótătos | ||||||||||||
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Further reading
- “μυριόφθαλμος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- μυριόφθαλμος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette