μειράκιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From μεῖραξ (meîrax, “young lady, young woman, maiden”) +‎ -ῐον (-ion, diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /meː.rá.ki.on/ → /miˈra.ci.on/ → /miˈra.ci.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /meː.rá.ki.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /miˈra.ki.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /miˈra.ci.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /miˈra.ci.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /miˈra.ci.on/

Noun

μειράκιον • (meirákion) n (genitive μειρᾰκίου); second declension

1. lad, stripling, young man, youngster, teenager (range of approximately ages 12-16 or 14-20, depending on locational and temporal contexts)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ μειρᾰ́κῐον; τοῦ μειρᾰκῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ μειρᾰ́κῐον tò meirákion	τὼ μειρᾰκῐ́ω tṑ meirakíō	τᾰ̀ μειρᾰ́κῐᾰ tà meirákia
Genitive	τοῦ μειρᾰκῐ́ου toû meirakíou	τοῖν μειρᾰκῐ́οιν toîn meirakíoin	τῶν μειρᾰκῐ́ων tôn meirakíōn
Dative	τῷ μειρᾰκῐ́ῳ tôi meirakíōi	τοῖν μειρᾰκῐ́οιν toîn meirakíoin	τοῖς μειρᾰκῐ́οις toîs meirakíois
Accusative	τὸ μειρᾰ́κῐον tò meirákion	τὼ μειρᾰκῐ́ω tṑ meirakíō	τᾰ̀ μειρᾰ́κῐᾰ tà meirákia
Vocative	μειρᾰ́κῐον meirákion	μειρᾰκῐ́ω meirakíō	μειρᾰ́κῐᾰ meirákia
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “μειράκιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• μειράκιον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette