Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

μῆρα

Irregular declension Noun; Neuter Transliteration:

Principal Part: μῆρα μῆρων

Etym.: = mhri/a, Il., Ar.

Sense

Examples

  • ποῖον γὰρ κατὰ χρησμὸν ἐκαύσατε μῆρα θεοῖσιν; (Aristophanes, Peace, Lyric-Scene, dactyls17)
  • μῆρα δὲ κήαντεσ δαίνυντ’ ἐρικυδέα δαῖτα τερπόμενοι· (Homer, Odyssey, Book 13 4:2)

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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