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|Definition=ά, όν, ([[μιαίνω]])<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[stained]] with [[blood]], περὶ δ' αἷμα νένιπται, οὐδέ ποθι μιαρός Il.24.420.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[defiled with blood]], [[Κιθαιρών]] E.Ba.1384 (anap.); μιαραὶ ἡμέραι certain [[day]]s in the [[month]] [[Anthesterion]], on which [[expiatory]] [[libation]]s ([[χοαί]]) were offered to the [[dead]], [[Hesychius Lexicographus|Hsch.]]; at Rome, [[ἡμέρα]] μιαρά = [[dies nefastus]], D.C.51.19; [[μιαρά]], τά, [[actions resulting in ritual impurity]], Berl.Sitzb.1927.157 (Cyrene).<br><span class="bld">3</span> generally, [[defiled]], [[polluted]], μιαρός καὶ [[ἄναγνος]] Antipho 2.1.10, cf. Pl.Lg.716e; of animals, [[unclean]], ὗν δὲ Αἰγύπτιοι μιαρὸν ἥγηνται [[θηρίον]] εἶναι Hdt. 2.47; [[θάλασσα]] [[ὕδωρ]] μιαρώτατον Heraclit.61.<br><span class="bld">4</span> in moral sense, [[abominable]], [[foul]], ὦ μ. ἦθος S.Ant.746; [[repulsive]] to the moral sense, Arist.Po.1452b36, al.: freq. in Ar. as a term of [[reproach]], [[blackguard]], μιαρὰ [[κεφαλή]] Ach. 285, cf. 282; [[μιαρώτατος]] ib.182; μιαρὰ [[φωνή]] = [[coarse]], [[brutal]] [[voice]], Eq. 218, cf. S.Tr.987 (anap.); μιαρώτατος περὶ τὸν δῆμον Ar.Eq.831; μ. τε καὶ ὀλιγαρχικούς Pl.R.562d. Adv. [[μιαρῶς]] Ar.Eq.800; οὕτω [[φανερῶς]] καὶ [[μιαρῶς]] D.21.69.<br><span class="bld">5</span> [[ὦ μιαρέ]] = [[you rogue]], in a [[coax]]ing sense, Pl. Phdr.236e, al.<br><span class="bld">6</span> = [[μάχλος]], γύναικες μιαρώταται Alc.39.<br><span class="bld">7</span> physically [[ugly]], γυναῖκα [[ὀφθῆναι]] μ. X.Eph.3.12.