Μυρία
myriads
Translated by David Whitehead8 Jul 2001Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] many, numberless.
But [when differently accented] muria [is] the number [sc. 10,000].
But [when differently accented] muria [is] the number [sc. 10,000].
Greek original · Adler’s text
Μυρία· πολλά, ἀναρίθμητα. Μύρια δὲ ὁ ἀριθμός.
Betacode
*muri/a: polla/, a)nari/qmhta. *mu/ria de\ o( a)riqmo/s.
Notes
- This word did, as the context required, mean either a large unquantifiable number (cf. the Japanese "banzai!") or else 10,000. However, the difference of accentuation claimed here and elsewhere (paroxytone = indefinite, proparoxytone = definite) is not observed in ancient mss: see LSJ s.v.
cf. generally mu 1435, mu 1436, mu 1439, mu 1440.
Linked from2 entries
- μ1435Μυριάμφορονten-thousand-amphora; with a ten-thousand-amphora capacity[Meaning] worth ten thousand amphoras. Aristophanes [writes]: "where might I lay hold of a ten-thousand-amphora word, with which to greet you? For I had nothing at home."
- μ1440Μύριοι ἐν ΜεγαλοπόλειTen Thousand in MegalopolisDemosthenes in the [speech] Against Aeschines [sc. uses the phrase]. It is a common congress of all Arkadians, of which historians frequently make mention.
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Revision history4 revisions · last 30 Sep 2020
- another keyword — Catharine Roth
- Revised — David Whitehead
- x-refs; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- set status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — David Whitehead