μιαρός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From μιαίνω (miaínō, “stain”) +‎ -ος (-os).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /mi.a.rós/ → /mi.aˈros/ → /mi.aˈros/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /mi.a.rós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /mi.aˈros/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /mi.aˈros/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /mi.aˈros/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /mi.aˈros/

Adjective

μῐᾰρός • (miarós) m (feminine μῐᾰρᾱ́, neuter μῐᾰρόν); first/second declension

1. stained with blood, unclean, dirty, polluted
2. (moral and religious) filthy, defiled, polluted, foul
3. ugly

Declension

First and second declension of μῐᾰρός; μῐᾰρᾱ́; μῐᾰρόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		μῐᾰρός miarós	μῐᾰρᾱ́ miarā́	μῐᾰρόν miarón		μῐᾰρώ miarṓ	μῐᾰρᾱ́ miarā́	μῐᾰρώ miarṓ		μῐᾰροί miaroí	μῐᾰραί miaraí	μῐᾰρᾰ́ miará
Genitive		μῐᾰροῦ miaroû	μῐᾰρᾶς miarâs	μῐᾰροῦ miaroû		μῐᾰροῖν miaroîn	μῐᾰραῖν miaraîn	μῐᾰροῖν miaroîn		μῐᾰρῶν miarôn	μῐᾰρῶν miarôn	μῐᾰρῶν miarôn
Dative		μῐᾰρῷ miarôi	μῐᾰρᾷ miarâi	μῐᾰρῷ miarôi		μῐᾰροῖν miaroîn	μῐᾰραῖν miaraîn	μῐᾰροῖν miaroîn		μῐᾰροῖς miaroîs	μῐᾰραῖς miaraîs	μῐᾰροῖς miaroîs
Accusative		μῐᾰρόν miarón	μῐᾰρᾱ́ν miarā́n	μῐᾰρόν miarón		μῐᾰρώ miarṓ	μῐᾰρᾱ́ miarā́	μῐᾰρώ miarṓ		μῐᾰρούς miaroús	μῐᾰρᾱ́ς miarā́s	μῐᾰρᾰ́ miará
Vocative		μῐᾰρέ miaré	μῐᾰρᾱ́ miarā́	μῐᾰρόν miarón		μῐᾰρώ miarṓ	μῐᾰρᾱ́ miarā́	μῐᾰρώ miarṓ		μῐᾰροί miaroí	μῐᾰραί miaraí	μῐᾰρᾰ́ miará
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		μῐᾰρῶς miarôs				μῐᾰρώτερος miarṓteros				μῐᾰρώτᾰτος miarṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Related terms

• μίασμα (míasma)

References

• “μιαρός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “μιαρός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• μιαρός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “μιαρός”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011