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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“small, little”); compare μινύθω (minúthō, “to lessen, disappear”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mí.nyn.tʰa/ → /ˈmi.nyn.θa/ → /ˈmi.nin.θa/
Adverb
μίνυνθα • (mínuntha)
- for a little while
Further reading
- “μίνυνθα”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- μίνυνθα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- μίνυνθα in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “μίνυνθα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press