Ancient Greek-English Dictionary

μινυρός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: μινυρός μινυρή μινυρόν

Structure: μινυρ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. complaining in a low tone, whining, whimpering

Examples

  • καὶ νιγλάρουσ θρηνεῖν, ἐν οἷσι Λάμπροσ ἐναπέθνῃσκεν, ἄνθρωποσ ὢν ὑδατοπότησ, μινυρὸσ ὑπερσοφιστήσ, Μουσῶν σκελετόσ, ἀηδόνων ἠπίαλοσ, ὕμνοσ Αἵδου. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 2, book 2, chapter 21 2:1)

Similar forms

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

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