μύριοι
See also: μυρίοι
Ancient Greek
| 100,000 | ||||
| ← 1,000 | ← 9,000 | ͵ι 10,000 |
20,000 → | 100,000 → |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,000 | ||||
| Cardinal: μύριοι (múrioi) Ordinal: μυριοστος (muriostos) Adverbial: μυριάκις (muriákis) | ||||
Etymology
From μυριάς (muriás, “number of 10,000”), from μυρίος (muríos, “numberless, countless, infinite”).
Numeral
μύριοι • (múrioi) (feminine μύριες, neuter μύρια)
Descendants
- → Greek: μύριοι (mýrioi) (learned)
Greek
Etymology
In sense "ten thousand", learned borrowing from Ancient Greek μύριοι (múrioi). In sense "numerous", inherited from Ancient Greek μύριοι (múrioi).
Pronunciation
- (in sense "numerous") IPA(key): /ˈmiɾ.ʝi/
- (in sense "ten thousand, formal") IPA(key): /ˈmi.ɾi.i/
Numeral
μύριοι • (mýrioi) (feminine μύριες, neuter μύρια)
- numerous
- (archaical) ten thousand, myriad
- Synonyms: δέκα χιλιάδες (déka chiliádes), ͵ι
Derived terms
- ενός κακού μύρια έπονται (enós kakoú mýria épontai, “it never rains but it pours”, literally “one ill is followed by a myriad”)
See also
- Greek number and measurement
Further reading
- μύριοι, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
- μύριοι - Charalambakis, Chistoforos et al. (2014) Χρηστικό λεξικό της νεοελληνικής γλώσσας (Christikó lexikó tis neoellenikís glóssas) [A Practical Dictionary of Modern Greek] (in Greek) Athens: Academy of Athens. (online since 2023 - abbreviations - symbols)