μινυρός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Back-formation from μῐνῠρῐ́ζω (minurízō, “to whimper, whine”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /mi.ny.rós/ → /mi.nyˈros/ → /mi.niˈros/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /mi.ny.rós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /mi.nyˈros/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /mi.nyˈros/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /mi.nyˈros/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /mi.niˈros/

Adjective

μῐνῠρός • (minurós) m (feminine μῐνῠρᾱ́, neuter μῐνῠρόν); first/second declension

1. complaining in a low tone, whining, whimpering
2. (of young birds) twittering, chirping

Inflection

First and second declension of μῐνῠρός; μῐνῠρᾱ́; μῐνῠρόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		μῐνῠρός minurós	μῐνῠρᾱ́ minurā́	μῐνῠρόν minurón		μῐνῠρώ minurṓ	μῐνῠρᾱ́ minurā́	μῐνῠρώ minurṓ		μῐνῠροί minuroí	μῐνῠραί minuraí	μῐνῠρᾰ́ minurá
Genitive		μῐνῠροῦ minuroû	μῐνῠρᾶς minurâs	μῐνῠροῦ minuroû		μῐνῠροῖν minuroîn	μῐνῠραῖν minuraîn	μῐνῠροῖν minuroîn		μῐνῠρῶν minurôn	μῐνῠρῶν minurôn	μῐνῠρῶν minurôn
Dative		μῐνῠρῷ minurôi	μῐνῠρᾷ minurâi	μῐνῠρῷ minurôi		μῐνῠροῖν minuroîn	μῐνῠραῖν minuraîn	μῐνῠροῖν minuroîn		μῐνῠροῖς minuroîs	μῐνῠραῖς minuraîs	μῐνῠροῖς minuroîs
Accusative		μῐνῠρόν minurón	μῐνῠρᾱ́ν minurā́n	μῐνῠρόν minurón		μῐνῠρώ minurṓ	μῐνῠρᾱ́ minurā́	μῐνῠρώ minurṓ		μῐνῠρούς minuroús	μῐνῠρᾱ́ς minurā́s	μῐνῠρᾰ́ minurá
Vocative		μῐνῠρέ minuré	μῐνῠρᾱ́ minurā́	μῐνῠρόν minurón		μῐνῠρώ minurṓ	μῐνῠρᾱ́ minurā́	μῐνῠρώ minurṓ		μῐνῠροί minuroí	μῐνῠραί minuraí	μῐνῠρᾰ́ minurá
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		μῐνῠρῶς minurôs				μῐνῠρώτερος minurṓteros				μῐνῠρώτᾰτος minurṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “μινυρός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “μινυρός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• μινυρός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette