Ancient Greek edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Indo-European *mey- (small, little) + -ίων (-íōn).

Pronunciation edit

 

Adjective edit

μείων (meíōnm or f (neuter μεῖον); third declension

  1. less
    Antonym: πλείων (pleíōn)
  2. smaller

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Further reading edit

  • μείων”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • μείων”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • μείων”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • μείων in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
  • μείων in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
  • μείων”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
    • less idem, page 485.