μείων

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • 𐀕𐀄𐀍 (me-u-jo), 𐀕𐀹𐀍 (me-wi-jo)
  • μειότερος (meióteros)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

Adjective

μείων (meíōn) m, f (neuter μεῖον); third declension

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

Declension

Derived terms

  • μειόω (meióō)

Further reading

  • 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, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
    • less idem, page 485.
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