thousand

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adjective

P. and V. χίλιοι (Euripides, el. 2, i. T. 10).

commander of a thousand men, subs.: P. and V. χιλίαρχος, ὁ (Xen.).

lasting a thousand years, adj.: P. χιλιέτης.

two thousand: P. δισχίλιοι,

ten thousand: P. and V. μύριοι.

commander of ten thousand men, subs.: P. μυρίαρχος, ὁ (Xen.), V. μυριόνταρχος, ὁ.

a city of ten thousand inhabitants: P. πόλις μυρίανδρος, ἡ.

twenty thousand: P. δισμύριοι.

indefinitely large number: P. and V. μυρίοι (often used in sing.).

thousands of times: Ar. and P. μυριάκις.

a thousand times wiser: V. μυρίῳ σοφώτερος (Euripides, Andromache 701).

you will see a thousand times better: P. μυρίῳ βέλτιον ὄψεσθε (Plato, Republic 520C).

substantive

P. and V. χιλιάς, ἡ.

ten thousand: P. and V. μυριάς, ἡ.

any indefinitely large number: P. and V. μυριάς (Euripides, Bacchae 745).