Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

μείων

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: μείων μεῖον

Structure: μει (Stem) + ων (Comparative Ending)

Sense

  1. less
  2. smaller

Declension

Third declension
Comparative
Adjective μείων μείονος
Adverb μεῖον

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • "κάμηλοσ, εἶτα ἵπποσ, εἶτ’ ἀνὴρ σοφὸσ καὶ προφήτησ οὐ μείων Ἀλεξάνδρου. (Lucian, Alexander, (no name) 43:17)
  • ἶσον ὅ τ’ ἀφνεὸσ ἱ‐ μείρει μεγάλων ὅ τε μείων παυροτέρων· (Bacchylides, , epinicians, ode 1 16:1)
  • γεγραμμένων δὲ τῶν νόμων ὅ τ’ ἀσθενὴσ ὁ πλούσιόσ τε τὴν δίκην ἴσην ἔχει, ἔστιν δ’ ἐνισπεῖν τοῖσιν ἀσθενεστέροισ τὸν εὐτυχοῦντα ταὔθ’, ὅταν κλύῃ κακῶσ, νικᾷ δ’ ὁ μείων τὸν μέγαν δίκαι’ ἔχων. (Euripides, Suppliants, episode 2:6)
  • ἐπέπλεεν δὲ ἡ ἀλκυὼν τὰ ᾠὰ θάλπουσα οὐ πολὺ μείων τῆσ καλιᾶσ. (Lucian, Verae Historiae, book 2 40:3)
  • ἡ Μεγάλη πόλισ ἦν μὲν τότε καὶ καθ’ ἑαυτὴν οὐδέν τι μείων οὐδὲ ἀσθενεστέρα τῆσ Λακεδαίμονοσ, εἶχε δὲ τὴν ἀπὸ τῶν Ἀχαιῶν καὶ τοῦ Ἀντιγόνου βοήθειαν, ἐν πλευραῖσ καθεζομένου καὶ δοκοῦντοσ ὑπὸ τῶν Ἀχαιῶν ἐπικεκλῆσθαι μάλιστα τῶν Μεγαλο πολιτῶν σπουδασάντων. (Plutarch, Cleomenes, chapter 23 2:1)

Synonyms

  1. smaller

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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