μινυρός
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Back-formation from μῐνῠρῐ́ζω (minurízō, “to whimper, whine”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /mi.ny.rós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /mi.nyˈros/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /mi.nyˈros/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /mi.nyˈros/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /mi.niˈros/
Adjective
μῐνῠρός • (minurós) m (feminine μῐνῠρᾱ́, neuter μῐνῠρόν); first/second declension
- complaining in a low tone, whining, whimpering
- (of young birds) twittering, chirping
Inflection
First and second declension of μῐνῠρός; μῐνῠρᾱ́; μῐνῠρόν (Attic)
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
Nominative | μῐνῠρός minurós | μῐνῠρᾱ́ minurā́ | μῐνῠρόν minurón | μῐνῠρώ minurṓ | μῐνῠρᾱ́ minurā́ | μῐνῠρώ minurṓ | μῐνῠροί minuroí | μῐνῠραί minuraí | μῐνῠρᾰ́ minurá | |||||
Genitive | μῐνῠροῦ minuroû | μῐνῠρᾶς minurâs | μῐνῠροῦ minuroû | μῐνῠροῖν minuroîn | μῐνῠραῖν minuraîn | μῐνῠροῖν minuroîn | μῐνῠρῶν minurôn | μῐνῠρῶν minurôn | μῐνῠρῶν minurôn | |||||
Dative | μῐνῠρῷ minurôi | μῐνῠρᾷ minurâi | μῐνῠρῷ minurôi | μῐνῠροῖν minuroîn | μῐνῠραῖν minuraîn | μῐνῠροῖν minuroîn | μῐνῠροῖς minuroîs | μῐνῠραῖς minuraîs | μῐνῠροῖς minuroîs | |||||
Accusative | μῐνῠρόν minurón | μῐνῠρᾱ́ν minurā́n | μῐνῠρόν minurón | μῐνῠρώ minurṓ | μῐνῠρᾱ́ minurā́ | μῐνῠρώ minurṓ | μῐνῠρούς minuroús | μῐνῠρᾱ́ς minurā́s | μῐνῠρᾰ́ minurá | |||||
Vocative | μῐνῠρέ minuré | μῐνῠρᾱ́ minurā́ | μῐνῠρόν minurón | μῐνῠρώ minurṓ | μῐνῠρᾱ́ minurā́ | μῐνῠρώ minurṓ | μῐνῠροί minuroí | μῐνῠραί minuraí | μῐνῠρᾰ́ minurá | |||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
μῐνῠρῶς minurôs | μῐνῠρώτερος minurṓteros | μῐνῠρώτᾰτος minurṓtatos | ||||||||||||
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Further reading
- μινυρός in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- μινυρός in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- μινυρός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette