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

  • Ὁ δ’ Ἀντώνιοσ ἐκράτει μὲν τοῖσ ὀχυρώμασιν ὡσ πολὺ μείονασ ἔχων ἀσφαλῶσ ἀπομάχεσθαι, ἐκάλει δὲ τὸν στρατὸν ἐκ Μακεδονίασ κατὰ σπουδὴν καὶ ἐτέχναζεν ἑσπέρασ ἀφανῶσ ἀνάγεσθαι ναῦσ μακράσ τε καὶ στρογγύλασ ἰδιωτικοῦ πλήθουσ, οἳ μεθ’ ἡμέραν ἄλλοι μετ’ ἄλλουσ κατέπλεον ὡπλισμένοι καθάπερ ἐκ Μακεδονίασ ἐπιόντεσ, ἐφορῶντοσ αὐτῶν τὸν ἐπίπλουν τοῦ Καίσαροσ. (Appian, The Civil Wars, book 5, chapter 6 9:1)

Synonyms

  1. smaller

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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