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Headword: *muri/a
Adler number: mu,1434
Translated headword: myriads
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
[Meaning] many, numberless.
But [when differently accented] muria [is] the number [sc. 10,000].
Greek Original:
*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.
Keywords: definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; mathematics
Translated by: David Whitehead on 8 July 2001@06:41:07.
Vetted by:
Catharine Roth (set status) on 7 December 2003@21:47:28.
David Whitehead (x-refs; cosmetics) on 8 December 2003@03:28:31.
David Whitehead on 29 May 2013@06:35:30.
Catharine Roth (another keyword) on 30 September 2020@23:34:15.

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