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μυρίος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: μυρίος

Structure: μυρι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. numberless, countless, infinite, (poetic) measureless, immense, infinite
  2. (of time) endless
  3. (adverbial, in neuter plural) much, immensely, incessantly, (adverbial, singular dative) infinitely

Examples

  • ποταμὸσ πυρὸσ εἷλκεν ἔμπροσθεν αὐτοῦ. χίλιαι χιλιάδεσ ἐλειτούργουν αὐτῷ, καὶ μύριαι μυριάδεσ παρειστήκεισαν αὐτῷ. κριτήριον ἐκάθισε, καὶ βίβλοι ἠνεῴχθησαν. (Septuagint, Prophetia Danielis 7:10)
  • ἴδοι δ’ ἄν τισ τοὺσ τοιούτουσ μάλιστα ἔν τε βασιλέων αὐλαῖσ καὶ περὶ τὰσ τῶν ἀρχόντων καὶ δυναστευόντων φιλίασ εὐδοκιμοῦντασ, ἔνθα πολὺσ μὲν ὁ φθόνοσ, μυρίαι δὲ ὑπόνοιαι, πάμπολλαι δὲ κολακειῶν καὶ διαβολῶν ὑποθέσεισ· (Lucian, Calumniae non temere credundum, (no name) 10:1)
  • καὶ τὰ ἆθλα οὐ βοείη τισ ἦν, κατὰ τὸν ποιητήν, οὐδὲ ἱερεῖον, ἀλλὰ μύριαι κατὰ τὸν ἐνιαυτόν, ἐφ’ ὅτῳ συνεῖναι τοῖσ νέοισ. (Lucian, Eunuchus, (no name) 3:3)
  • μυρίαι δ’ ἀνδρῶν ἐπιστᾶμαι πέλονται· (Bacchylides, , epinicians, ode 10 4:5)
  • μυρί]αι δ’ ἀνδρῶν ἀρεταί, μία δ’ ἐ[κ πασᾶ]ν πρόκειται, ὃσ τὸ] πὰρ χειρὸσ κυβερνᾶ‐ ται δι]καίαισι φρένεσσιν. (Bacchylides, , epinicians, ode 14 2:1)

Synonyms

  1. endless

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