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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

  • αἳ δὲ μυρίαν χέρα προσέθεσαν ἐλάτῃ κἀξανέσπασαν χθονόσ· (Euripides, episode, lyric 5:13)
  • ἁγὼ μεθήκω δεῦρο μυρίαν ἄγων λόγχην· (Euripides, Phoenissae, episode, lyric 6:10)
  • ταῖσ δ’ ἐπιθυμίαισ ἐνορᾷσ που μυρίαν διαφοράν, καὶ τὴν μὲν περὶ τὴν βρῶσιν καὶ τὴν πόσιν ἅμα τῷ φυσικῷ καὶ τὸ ἀναγκαῖον ἔχουσαν· (Plutarch, Bruta animalia ratione uti, chapter, section 6 1:1)
  • ὃσ δὲ διδάκτ’ ἔχει, ψεφηνὸσ ἀνὴρ ἄλλοτ’ ἄλλα πνέων οὔ ποτ’ ἀτρεκεῖ κατέβα ποδί, μυριᾶν δ’ ἀρετᾶν ἀτελεῖ νόῳ γεύεται. (Pindar, Odes, nemean odes, nemean 3 13:2)
  • γένει μέν ἐστι πᾶν ἕν, τὰ δὲ μέρη τοῖσ μέρεσιν αὐτοῦ τὰ μὲν ἐναντιώτατα ἀλλήλοισ, τὰ δὲ διαφορότητ’ ἔχοντα μυρίαν που τυγχάνει, καὶ πολλὰ ἕτερα οὕτωσ ἔχονθ’ εὑρήσομεν. (Plato, Parmenides, Philebus, Symposium, Phaedrus, 12:4)

Synonyms

  1. endless

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