μῆρα

Ancient Greek

FWOTD – 22 May 2016

From the plural of Proto-Hellenic *mḗron n (“thigh”).

μῆρᾰ • (mêră) n pl (genitive μήρων); second declension

thigh-bones (femora) wrapped in two folds of fat for votive immolation
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 1.464
- 500 BCE – 400 BCE, Bacchylides, Fr. 3.4
- 421 BCE, Aristophanes, Peace 1088
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 3.179

Second declension of τᾰ̀ μῆρᾰ; τῶν μήρων (Attic)

Case / #	Plural
Nominative	τᾰ̀ μῆρᾰ tằ mêră
Genitive	τῶν μήρων tôn mḗrōn
Dative	τοῖς μήροις toîs mḗrois
Accusative	τᾰ̀ μῆρᾰ tằ mêră
Vocative	μῆρᾰ mêră
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

“μῆρα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“μῆρα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
“μῆρα”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
μῆρα in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963