μυριάς
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From μῡρῐ́ος (mūrĭ́os, “countless, ten thousand”) + -ᾰ́ς (-ắs).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /myː.ri.ás/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /my.riˈas/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /my.riˈas/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /my.riˈas/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /mi.riˈas/
Noun
μῡρῐᾰ́ς • (mūrĭắs) f (genitive μῡρῐᾰ́δος); third declension
- a number of ten thousand, a myriad
- often indefinitely, of countless numbers
Usage notes
- When used for money, δρᾰχμῶν (drăkhmôn, “drachmae”) must be supplied.
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ μῡρῐᾰ́ς hē mūrĭắs |
τὼ μῡρῐᾰ́δε tṑ mūrĭắde |
αἱ μῡρῐᾰ́δες hai mūrĭắdes | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς μῡρῐᾰ́δος tês mūrĭắdos |
τοῖν μῡρῐᾰ́δοιν toîn mūrĭắdoin |
τῶν μῡρῐᾰ́δων tôn mūrĭắdōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ μῡρῐᾰ́δῐ tēî mūrĭắdĭ |
τοῖν μῡρῐᾰ́δοιν toîn mūrĭắdoin |
ταῖς μῡρῐᾰ́σῐ / μῡρῐᾰ́σῐν taîs mūrĭắsĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν μῡρῐᾰ́δᾰ tḕn mūrĭắdă |
τὼ μῡρῐᾰ́δε tṑ mūrĭắde |
τᾱ̀ς μῡρῐᾰ́δᾰς tā̀s mūrĭắdăs | ||||||||||
| Vocative | μῡρῐᾰ́ς mūrĭắs |
μῡρῐᾰ́δε mūrĭắde |
μῡρῐᾰ́δες mūrĭắdes | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- δῐσμῡρῐᾰ́ς (dĭsmūrĭắs)
- μῡρῐᾰδῐκός (mūrĭădĭkós)
- μῡρῐᾰδῐσμός (mūrĭădĭsmós)
- μῡρῐᾰ́εθλος (mūrĭắethlos)
- μῡρῐᾰ́κῐς (mūrĭắkĭs)
- μῡρῐᾰκῐσμῡρῐοστός (mūrĭăkĭsmūrĭostós)
- μῡρῐᾰ́ομαι (mūrĭắomai)
- μῡρῐᾰστός (mūrĭăstós)
Descendants
References
- “μυριάς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “μυριάς”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- μυριάς in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- G3461 in Strong, James (1979), Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910), English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.