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Ancient Greek
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mɛ̂ː.ra/ → /ˈmi.ra/ → /ˈmi.ra/
Noun
μῆρᾰ • (mêra) n pl (genitive μήρων); second declension
- thigh-bones (femora) wrapped in two folds of fat for votive immolation
Declension
References
- “μῆρα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “μῆρα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “μῆρα”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- μῆρα in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963