μειράκιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From μεῖραξ (meîrax, “young lady, young woman, maiden”) +‎ -ῐον (-ĭon, 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 meirắkĭon	τὼ μειρᾰκῐ́ω tṑ meirăkĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ μειρᾰ́κῐᾰ tằ meirắkĭă
Genitive	τοῦ μειρᾰκῐ́ου toû meirăkĭ́ou	τοῖν μειρᾰκῐ́οιν toîn meirăkĭ́oin	τῶν μειρᾰκῐ́ων tôn meirăkĭ́ōn
Dative	τῷ μειρᾰκῐ́ῳ tôi meirăkĭ́ōi	τοῖν μειρᾰκῐ́οιν toîn meirăkĭ́oin	τοῖς μειρᾰκῐ́οις toîs meirăkĭ́ois
Accusative	τὸ μειρᾰ́κῐον tò meirắkĭon	τὼ μειρᾰκῐ́ω tṑ meirăkĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ μειρᾰ́κῐᾰ tằ meirắkĭă
Vocative	μειρᾰ́κῐον meirắkĭon	μειρᾰκῐ́ω meirăkĭ́ō	μειρᾰ́κῐᾰ meirắkĭă
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