μηρία

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• μηρί’ (mērí’) — apocopic

Etymology

From the root of μῆρα (mêra) and μηρός (mērós).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /mɛː.rí.a/ → /miˈri.a/ → /miˈri.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /mɛː.rí.a/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /me̝ˈri.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /miˈri.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /miˈri.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /miˈri.a/

Noun

μηρίᾰ • (mēría) n pl (genitive μηρῐ́ων); second declension

1. Synonym of μῆρα (mêra)

Declension

Second declension of τᾰ̀ μηρῐ́ᾰ; τῶν μηρῐ́ων (Attic)

Case / #	Plural
Nominative	τᾰ̀ μηρῐ́ᾰ tà mēría
Genitive	τῶν μηρῐ́ων tôn mēríōn
Dative	τοῖς μηρῐ́οις toîs mēríois
Accusative	τᾰ̀ μηρῐ́ᾰ tà mēría
Vocative	μηρῐ́ᾰ mēría
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “μηρία”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• μηρία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• μηρία in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “μηρία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • thigh idem, page 866.