μίαχος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From μιαίνω (miaínō, “to defile, pollute”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈmi.a.xos/ → /ˈmi.a.xos/

• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈmi.a.kʰos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈmi.a.xos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈmi.a.xos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈmi.a.xos/

Noun

μίαχος • (míakhos)

1. Hesychius' gives the definition as: μίασμα (míasma, “defilement”), ἀσέβημα (asébēma, “sacrilege”).

References

• “μίαχος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
• Hesychius' Lexicon: μ