Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

μυριάκις

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Principal Part: μυριάκις

Etym.: muri/os

Sense

  1. ten thousand times

Examples

  • καὶ τὰ μὲν τῆσ γυναικόσ, ὦ πάτερ, οὕτωσ ἔχει, καὶ πάνυ σοι τετηρηκὼσ λέγω ‐ οὔ ποτε ῥᾷον ἕξει, κἂν μυριάκισ πίῃ τοῦ φαρμάκου. (Lucian, Abdicatus, (no name) 32:1)
  • οἴμοι κακοδαίμων, ὡσ ἀπόλωλα δείλαιοσ, καὶ κακοδαίμων καὶ τετράκισ καὶ πεντάκισ καὶ δωδεκάκισ καὶ μυριάκισ· (Aristophanes, Plutus, Episode 1:1)
  • "ἐγὼ δὲ οὐχ ἅπαξ ἀλλὰ μυριάκισ ἤδη σχέδον τὰ τοιαῦτα τεθέαμαι· (Lucian, Philopsuedes sive incredulus, (no name) 15:2)
  • ἀκήκοασ μυριάκισ ἁγὼ βούλομαι, περὶ τῶν τόκων, ὅπωσ ἂν ἀποδῶ μηδενί. (Aristophanes, Clouds, Lyric-Scene, iambics 1:12)
  • βαβαιάξ, μυριάκισ γ’ ἐν τῷ βίῳ. (Aristophanes, Frogs, Prologue 3:6)

Synonyms

  1. ten thousand times

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

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