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

|etymtx=Grammatical information: n.<br />Meaning: <b class="b3">μεῖον</b> [[smaller]] (Il., Hp., X., Dor., Arc.; cf. Seiler Steigerungsformen 115f.), also <b class="b3">μειότερος</b> (A. R., Arat.), superl. <b class="b3">μεῖστος</b> [[least]] (Lokr. Va, Hdn., H.).<br />Dialectal forms: Myc. [[meujo]], [[mewijo]].<br />Compounds: As 1. member e.g. in <b class="b3">μειον-εκτέω</b> [[draw the shorter]], [[be in disadvantage]] with <b class="b3">-εξία</b> (X.), from <b class="b3">μεῖον ἔχειν</b> after <b class="b3">πλεον-έκτης</b>, <b class="b3">-εκτέω</b>, <b class="b3">-εξία</b> (Fraenkel Nom. ag. 1, 166).<br />Derivatives: Derivv. (analogical after the <b class="b3">ο-</b>stems [Schwyzer 731 f.], not with Egli Heteroklisie 77 from a secondary <b class="b3">ο-</b>stem <b class="b3">μεῖο-ν</b>): 1. <b class="b3">μειότης</b> f. [[minority]] (A.D., Vett.Val.); 2. <b class="b3">μειόομαι</b>, <b class="b3">-όω</b> [[become smaller]], [[be inferior]], [[make smaller]] (Hp., X., Arist.) with <b class="b3">μεί-ωσις</b> [[lessening]] (Hp., Arist.), <b class="b3">-ωμα</b> [[lessening of wealth]] = [[penalty]] (X. An. 5, 8, 1), <b class="b3">-ώτης</b> m. [[who makes smaller]] (Paul. Al.), <b class="b3">-ωτικός</b> [[decreasing]] (hell.).<br />Origin: IE [Indo-European] [711] <b class="b2">*mei-u-</b> <b class="b2">`less, small</b><br />Etymology: Primary comparative from a verb [[lessen]] in Skt. <b class="b2">minā́ti</b> [[lessen]], [[damage]], <b class="b2">mī́yate</b> [[become less]], [[dwindle]]; cf. the opposite <b class="b3">πλείων</b>, <b class="b3">πλέων</b>, <b class="b3">πλεῖστος</b> (s. <b class="b3">πολύς</b>). The judgement of the general <b class="b3">-ει-</b> is uncertain. -- Myc. [[meujo]], [[mewijo]], appar. = <b class="b3">μείων</b>, cannot be combined with this explanation, but might find support in Toch. B [[maiwe]] [[small]], [[young]] (from <b class="b2">*meiu̯o-</b>, <b class="b2">*moiu̯o-</b>; Duchesne-Guillemin BSL 41, 157); but the <b class="b2">u̯o-</b>suffix (older <b class="b2">u-</b>stem?) belongs only to the positive. -- Diff. on <b class="b3">μείων</b> Osthoff. MU 6, 303ff.: from <b class="b3">*μείνων</b> to <b class="b3">ἀ-μείνων</b> (s.v.) with loss of the <b class="b3">-ν-</b> after <b class="b3">πλείων</b> (? improbable). Cf. <b class="b3">μινύθω</b>.