| |Definition=(μείων) <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[lessen]], [[diminish]], opp. [[αὔξω]], <span class="bibl">Phld.<span class="title">Oec.</span>p.21</span> J. (Pass.); μ. τὸ χωρίον <span class="bibl">Plb.9.20.3</span>; <b class="b3">μ. τὸν ὁπλισμὸν τοῖς θώραξιν</b> [[diminish]] the armour [[by]] the breast-pieces, <span class="bibl">D.H.4.16</span>; μειούμενον φόρον <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PFay.</span>26.15</span> (ii A. D.); [[moderate]], τὴν ἄγαν κάθαρσιν <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Eq.</span>5.9</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[lessen in honour]], [[degrade]], τοὺς φίλους <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">HG</span>3.4.9</span>; τὴν ἐξ Ἀρείου πάγου βουλήν <span class="bibl">D.S.11.77</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> [[lessen by word]], [[disparage]], τὰ τῶν πολεμίων <span class="bibl">X. <span class="title">Cyr.</span>6.3.17</span>, cf.<span class="bibl"><span class="title">Hier.</span>2.17</span>; αὔξειν καὶ μειοῦν <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Rh.</span>1403a17</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> [[shorten]] a syllable, <span class="bibl">D.H.<span class="title">Comp.</span>11</span>: generally, <b class="b3">λέξεων κατὰ ποσότητα μεμειωμένων</b> Hdn.Gr.<span class="bibl">2.909</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> Pass., [[become smaller]], [[decrease]], in size, etc., σπλὴν ἐμειοῦτο <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Epid.</span>1.26</span>.γ, cf. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Cra.</span>409c</span>; δελήνη μειουμένη <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Mu.</span>399a7</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Ph.2.153</span>, al. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[become worse]] or [[weaker]], μ. τὴν διάνοιαν <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Mem.</span>4.8.1</span>: c. gen., [[fall short of]], <b class="b3">τῶν… μεγάλα θυόντων</b> ib.<span class="bibl">1.3.3</span>; τῆς τοῦ σώματος ἰσχύος <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>7.5.65</span>.</span> | | |Definition=([[μείων]])<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[lessen]], [[diminish]], opp. [[αὔξω]], Phld.''Oec.''p.21 J. (Pass.); μ. τὸ χωρίον Plb.9.20.3; <b class="b3">μ. τὸν ὁπλισμὸν τοῖς θώραξιν</b> [[diminish]] the armour [[by]] the breast-pieces, D.H.4.16; μειούμενον φόρον ''PFay.''26.15 (ii A. D.); [[moderate]], τὴν ἄγαν κάθαρσιν X.''Eq.''5.9.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[lessen in honour]], [[degrade]], τοὺς φίλους Id.''HG''3.4.9; τὴν ἐξ Ἀρείου πάγου βουλήν D.S.11.77.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[lessen by word]], [[disparage]], τὰ τῶν πολεμίων [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''6.3.17, cf.''Hier.''2.17; αὔξειν καὶ μειοῦν Arist.''Rh.''1403a17.<br><span class="bld">4</span> [[shorten]] a syllable, [[Dionysius of Halicarnassus|D.H.]]''[[De Compositione Verborum|Comp.]]''11: generally, <b class="b3">λέξεων κατὰ ποσότητα μεμειωμένων</b> Hdn.Gr.2.909.<br><span class="bld">II</span> Pass., [[become smaller]], [[decrease]], in size, etc., σπλὴν ἐμειοῦτο Hp.''Epid.''1.26.γ, cf. [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Cratylus|Cra.]]''409c; δελήνη μειουμένη Arist.''Mu.''399a7, cf. Ph.2.153, al.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[become worse]] or [[weaker]], μ. τὴν διάνοιαν [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Memorabilia|Mem.]]''4.8.1: c. gen., [[fall short of]], <b class="b3">τῶν… μεγάλα θυόντων</b> ib.1.3.3; τῆς τοῦ σώματος ἰσχύος Id.''Cyr.''7.5.65. |
