Ancient Greek

• (4th AD Koine) IPA^(key): /myríos/

• (10th AD Byzantine) IPA^(key): /myríos/

• (15th AD Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /miɾíos/

Adjective

μῡρίος • ‎(mūríos) m ‎(feminine μυρία, neuter μυρίον); first/second declension

1. numberless, countless, infinite
   1. (poetic) measureless, immense, infinite
   2. (of time) endless
   3. (adverbial, in neuter plural) much, immensely, incessantly
      1. (adverbial, singular dative) infinitely
2. (as a definite numeral, in the plural) ten thousand, the greatest number expressed in Ancient Greek as a single word

Inflection

Usage notes

According to the Grammarians μυρίος ‎(muríos) (paroxytonic) is the indefinite form, and μύριος ‎(múrios) (proparoxytonic) is the definite form. However, this distinction is not observed in the manuscripts.

Derived terms

• μῡριάς ‎(mūriás)

Synonyms

• (immense): πολύς ‎(polús)

References

• μυρίος in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• μυρίος in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• μυρίος in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• «μυρίος» in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• «μυρίος» in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• μυρίος in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English-Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • boundless idem, page 91.
  • countless idem, page 178.
  • huge idem, page 409.
  • illimitable idem, page 415.
  • immeasurable idem, page 417.
  • immense idem, page 417.
  • incalculable idem, page 427.
  • infinite idem, page 438.
  • limitless idem, page 492.
  • many idem, page 513.
  • measureless idem, page 521.
  • much idem, page 545.
  • multitudinous idem, page 546.
  • numberless idem, page 563.
  • unfathomable idem, page 918.
  • unlimited idem, page 924.
  • unmeasured idem, page 925.
  • unnumbered idem, page 926.
  • untold idem, page 935.
  • vast idem, page 945.

1. ↑ http://books.google.ca/books?id=SRw4PevE4zUC&pg=PA142&dq=greek+murios+etymology&hl=en&sa=X&ei=XeO3UKH1EuqG2gX-74GwAg&ved=0CDsQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=greek%20murios%20etymology&f=false