μιαρός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From μιαίνω (miaínō, “stain”) +‎ -ρός (-rós).

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 • (mĭărós) 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 mĭărós	μῐᾰρᾱ́ mĭărā́	μῐᾰρόν mĭărón		μῐᾰρώ mĭărṓ	μῐᾰρᾱ́ mĭărā́	μῐᾰρώ mĭărṓ		μῐᾰροί mĭăroí	μῐᾰραί mĭăraí	μῐᾰρᾰ́ mĭărắ
Genitive		μῐᾰροῦ mĭăroû	μῐᾰρᾶς mĭărâs	μῐᾰροῦ mĭăroû		μῐᾰροῖν mĭăroîn	μῐᾰραῖν mĭăraîn	μῐᾰροῖν mĭăroîn		μῐᾰρῶν mĭărôn	μῐᾰρῶν mĭărôn	μῐᾰρῶν mĭărôn
Dative		μῐᾰρῷ mĭărôi	μῐᾰρᾷ mĭărâi	μῐᾰρῷ mĭărôi		μῐᾰροῖν mĭăroîn	μῐᾰραῖν mĭăraîn	μῐᾰροῖν mĭăroîn		μῐᾰροῖς mĭăroîs	μῐᾰραῖς mĭăraîs	μῐᾰροῖς mĭăroîs
Accusative		μῐᾰρόν mĭărón	μῐᾰρᾱ́ν mĭărā́n	μῐᾰρόν mĭărón		μῐᾰρώ mĭărṓ	μῐᾰρᾱ́ mĭărā́	μῐᾰρώ mĭărṓ		μῐᾰρούς mĭăroús	μῐᾰρᾱ́ς mĭărā́s	μῐᾰρᾰ́ mĭărắ
Vocative		μῐᾰρέ mĭăré	μῐᾰρᾱ́ mĭărā́	μῐᾰρόν mĭărón		μῐᾰρώ mĭărṓ	μῐᾰρᾱ́ mĭărā́	μῐᾰρώ mĭărṓ		μῐᾰροί mĭăroí	μῐᾰραί mĭăraí	μῐᾰρᾰ́ mĭărắ
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		μῐᾰρῶς mĭărôs				μῐᾰρώτερος mĭărṓteros				μῐᾰρώτᾰτος mĭărṓtătos
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] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011