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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

  • ὁ δὲ Μαρδοχαῖοσ ὑπέδειξεν αὐτῷ τὸ γεγονὸσ καὶ τὴν ἐπαγγελίαν, ἣν ἐπηγγείλατο Ἀμὰν τῷ βασιλεῖ εἰσ τὴν γάζαν ταλάντων μυρίων, ἵνα ἀπολέσῃ τοὺσ Ἰουδαίουσ. (Septuagint, Liber Esther 4:6)
  • Δοσίθεοσ δὲ καὶ Σωσίπατροσ τῶν περὶ τὸν Μακκαβαῖον ἡγεμόνων ἐξοδεύσαντεσ ἀπώλεσαν τοὺσ ὑπὸ Τιμοθέου καταλειφθέντασ ἐν τῷ ὀχυρώματι πλείουσ τῶν μυρίων ἀνδρῶν. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees II 12:19)
  • ταῦτα γὰρ ἀμέλει ἐν τοῖσ ἀδύτοισ ἀπόκειται γραφέντα πλεῖον ἢ πρὸ ἐτῶν μυρίων. (Lucian, De sacrificiis, (no name) 14:4)
  • "εἰ δὲ καὶ πάντωσ διέγνωστὸ οἱ ἀπαλλάττεσθαι, μὴ πυρὶ μηδὲ τοῖσ ἀπὸ τῆσ τραγῳδίασ τούτοισ χρῆσθαι, ἀλλ’ ἕτερόν τινα θανάτου τρόπον, μυρίων ὄντων, ἑλόμενον ^ ἀπελθεῖν. (Lucian, De morte Peregrini, (no name) 9:50)
  • πίτνουσ]ιν Ἀλυάττα δόμοι, ] μυρίων ]ν; (Bacchylides, , epinicians, ode 3 9:3)

Synonyms

  1. endless

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