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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Proto-Hellenic *mḗron, of uncertain ultimate origin. Maybe from Proto-Indo-European *mḗms, *mēms-rom (“flesh”). Compare Latin membrum (“limb”) and Proto-Germanic *mimzą (“flesh”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mɛː.rós/ → /miˈros/ → /miˈros/
Noun
μηρός • (mērós) m (genitive μηροῦ); second declension
- a thigh
- (Septuagint Koine, in the plural) loins
- (Septuagint Koine) side
- a thigh-bone, a femur, used especially of thigh-bones with flesh offered in sacrifice
4th century BC,
Eubulus,
Collected Works 130
- (in the plural, generally) leg-bones
Declension
Descendants
References
- “μηρός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “μηρός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “μηρός”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- μηρός in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- G3382 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- μηρός in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- hip idem, page 400.
- thigh idem, page 866.
Greek
Etymology
Inherited from the Ancient Greek μηρός (mērós).
Pronunciation
Noun
μηρός • (mirós) m (plural μηροί)
- (anatomy) thigh
- haunch
Declension
Declension of μηρός
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singular
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plural
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nominative
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μηρός (mirós)
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μηροί (miroí)
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genitive
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μηρού (miroú)
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μηρών (mirón)
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accusative
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μηρό (miró)
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μηρούς (miroús)
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vocative
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μηρέ (miré)
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μηροί (miroí)
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Synonyms