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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From the root of μῆρα (mêra) and μηρός (mērós).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mɛː.rí.a/ → /miˈri.a/ → /miˈri.a/
Noun
μηρίᾰ • (mēría) n pl (genitive μηρῐ́ων); second declension
- Synonym of μῆρα (mêra)
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, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.