μείων: Difference between revisions

|Definition=so in Dor., ''Leg.Gort.''9.48, al., ''Schwyzer''323 ''B''9 (Delph., iv B. C.), ''Tab.Heracl.''1.114,al., Archyt.1, prob. in Epich.62 (μηονος cod., and so in Diotog. ap. Stob.4.7.62, etc.), and Arc., ''IG''5(2).3.15, 18 (Tegea): neut. pl. μείονα Hes.''Op.''690, but μείω Ti.Locr.102b: masc. pl. μείους Xenoph.3.4, etc.: dat. pl. μειόνοις ''IG''9(1).333 (Locr.): —irreg. Comp. of [[ὀλίγος]] or [[μικρός]], [[lesser]], [[less]], Pi.''O.''1.35,al., A.''Ch.'' 519, B.1.63, etc.; <b class="b3">τὸ μ. κρεισσόνων κρατύνει</b>; A.''Supp.''596(lyr.), cf.Hp. ''VM''8 (v.l., cf. Erot.), ''Vict.''1.5,al. (not in other works of Hp.), freq. in X., ''Cyr.''5.4.48,al., not in good Att. Prose or Com., nor in [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]; [[younger]], S.''OC''374: neut. [[μεῖον]] as adverb, [[less]], μ. ἰσχύσειν Διός [[Aeschylus|A.]]''[[Prometheus Vinctus|Pr.]]'' 510, cf. ''Ch.''707: regul. Adv., <b class="b3">μειόνως ἔχειν</b> to be [[of less value]], S.''OC'' 104, cf. J.''AJ''19.2.2:—also [[μειότερος]], α, ον, A.R.2.368, Arat.43, ''AP''14.41, Man.2.147, ''IG''14.2064. ([[μεί]]-yων, cf. [[μινύθω]], Lat. [[minuo]], [[minus]].)