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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

  • μάλιστα, μυρίον γε δοὺσ χρυσοῦ σταθμόν. (Euripides, episode, trochees 11:3)
  • ἔνθα χέλυν εὑρὼν ἐκτήσατο μυρίον ὄλβον· (Anonymous, Homeric Hymns, 2:7)
  • ἀλλὰ χαλκὸν μυρίον οὐ δυνατὸν ἐξελέγχειν· (Pindar, Odes, nemean odes, nemean 10 15:2)
  • καὶ γὰρ ἡρώων ἀγαθοὶ πολεμισταὶ λόγον ἐκέρδαναν, κλέονται δ’ ἔν τε φορμίγγεσσιν ἐν αὐλῶν τε παμφώνοισ ὁμοκλαῖσ μυρίον χρόνον· (Pindar, Odes, isthmian odes, isthmian 5 7:1)
  • οἰκτρὰ γὰρ βόσκειν, ἀδαὴσ δ’ ἔχειν μυρίον ἄχθοσ, ὃ ξυνοικεῖ. (Sophocles, Philoctetes, choral, antistrophe 23)

Synonyms

  1. endless

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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