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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

  • καὶ χελιδόνεσ τε μύρμαι θ’, οἵ τε κολιᾶν μείζονεσ ἐντὶ καὶ σκόμβρων, ἀτὰρ τᾶν θυννίδων γα μείονεσ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 7, book 7, chapter 1165)
  • εἰ δὲ μὴ προσαναβήσονται ἱππεῖσ, μείονεσ ἀεὶ ἔσονται. (Xenophon, Minor Works, , chapter 1 3:2)
  • ἐπεὶ καὶ ὁ Ὑδάσπησ καὶ Ἀκεσίνησ καὶ Ὑδραώτησ καὶ Ὕφασισ, καὶ οὗτοι Ἰνδοὶ ποταμοὶ ὄντεσ, τῶν μὲν ἄλλων τῶν Ἀσιανῶν ποταμῶν πολύ τι κατὰ μέγεθοσ ὑπερφέρουσι, τοῦ Ἰνδοῦ δὲ μείονέσ εἰσιν καὶ πολὺ δὴ μείονεσ, ὅπου καὶ αὐτὸσ ὁ Ἰνδὸσ τοῦ Γάγγου. (Arrian, Anabasis, book 5, chapter 4 2:1)
  • ἦσαν δ’ οἱ ταύτῃ ἵπποι μείονεσ μὲν τῶν Περσικῶν, θυμοειδέστεροι δὲ πολύ. (Xenophon, Anabasis, , chapter 5 37:1)

Synonyms

  1. smaller

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