μύριοι

See also: μυρίοι

Ancient Greek

Ancient Greek numbers (edit)
100,000
 ←  1,000  ←  9,000 ͵ι
10,000
20,000  →  100,000  → 
1,000
    Cardinal: μύριοι (múrioi)
    Ordinal: μυριοστος (muriostos)
    Adverbial: μυριάκις (muriákis)

Etymology

From μυριάς (muriás, number of 10,000), from μυρίος (muríos, numberless, countless, infinite).

Numeral

μύριοι • (múrioi) (feminine μύριες, neuter μύρια)

  1. ten thousand, myriad

Descendants

  • Greek: μύριοι (mýrioi) (learned)

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μύριοι (múrioi).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmiɾʝi/

Numeral

μύριοι • (mýrioi) (feminine μύριες, neuter μύρια)

  1. ten thousand, myriad

Synonyms

  • δέκα χιλιάδες (déka chiliádes)
  • ͵ι

Derived terms

  • ενός κακού μύρια έπονται (enós kakoú mýria épontai, it never rains but it pours, literally one ill is followed by a myriad)

See also

  • Greek number and measurement