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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

  • καίτοι ἐν ἀρχῇ προσέκρουε τοῖσ πολλοῖσ αὐτῶν καὶ μῖσοσ οὐ μεῖον τοῦ πρὸ αὑτοῦ παρὰ τοῖσ πλήθεσιν ἐκτήσατο ἐπί τε τῇ παρρησίᾳ καὶ ἐλευθερίᾳ, καί τινεσ ἐπ’ αὐτὸν συνέστησαν Ἄνυτοι καὶ Μέλητοι τὰ αὐτὰ κατηγοροῦντεσ ἅπερ κἀκείνου οἱ τότε, ὅτι οὔτε θύων ὤφθη πώποτε οὔτε ἐμυήθη μόνοσ ἁπάντων ταῖσ Ἐλευσινίαισ· (Lucian, (no name) 11:2)
  • τοσόνδε μόνον τῶν Διοσκόρων μεῖον ἔχειν τὸν Ἀχιλλέα, ὅσον οἱ μὲν Διόσκοροι τοῖσ πανταχοῦ πλωιζομένοισ ἐναργεῖσ φαίνονται καὶ φανέντεσ σωτῆρεσ γίγνονται, ὃ δὲ τοῖσ πελάζουσιν ἤδη τῇ νήσῳ. (Arrian, Periplus Ponti Euxini, chapter 23 4:1)
  • οὗτοσ ἰδὼν εὐφυᾶ παῖδα καὶ πρὸσ ὑπηρεσίαν τῶν ἑαυτοῦ πράξεων ἑτοιμότατον, οὐ μεῖον ἐρῶντα τῆσ κακίασ τῆσ αὐτοῦ ἢ αὐτὸσ τῆσ ὡρ́ασ τῆσ ἐκείνου, ἐξεπαίδευσέ τε αὐτὸν καὶ διετέλει ὑπουργῷ καὶ ὑπηρέτῃ καὶ διακόνῳ χρώμενοσ. (Lucian, Alexander, (no name) 5:3)
  • ἔστιν γὰρ καὶ ταύτῃ κυνῶν γένοσ ἰχνεῦσαι μὲν οὐ μεῖον σοφὸν ἢ τὸ Καρικὸν καὶ Κρητικὸν, τὴν δὲ ἰδέαν ἀνιαρὸν καὶ θηριῶδεσ. (Arrian, Cynegeticus, chapter 3 1:2)
  • ὥστε ἐμεμψάμην ἔγωγε αὐτῶν τὸ πολὺ τῆσ κλαγγῆσ καὶ τὸ ὅμοιον ἐπὶ παντὶ ἴχνει, τῷ δρομαίῳ οὐ μεῖον ἢ τῷ εὐναίῳ. (Arrian, Cynegeticus, chapter 3 3:1)
  • τὸ δέ, εἴ τισ ἐθέλοι πρὸσ τὸ ἀκριβὲσ ἕκαστον ἐπεξιέναι, οὐ μεῖόν ἐστιν ἢ τὰσ Ἀλεξάνδρου τοῦ Φιλίππου πράξεισ ἀναγράψαι· (Lucian, Alexander, (no name) 1:2)

Synonyms

  1. smaller

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