μίνυνθα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“small, little”); compare μινύθω (minúthō, “to lessen, disappear”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /mí.nyn.tʰa/ → /ˈmi.nyn.θa/ → /ˈmi.nin.θa/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /mí.nyn.tʰa/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈmi.nyn.tʰa/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈmi.nyn.θa/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈmi.nyn.θa/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈmi.nin.θa/

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Adverb

μίνυνθα • (mínuntha)

1. for a little while

Further reading

• “μίνυνθα”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• μίνυνθα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• μίνυνθα in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “μίνυνθα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press