Related to: μῡρῐ-άς, δος, ἡ,
Attic dialect genitive plural μυριαδῶν [[ 2nd c.AD: Herodianus Grammaticus Gr. 1.428 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]:—number of [[ 10, 000, ] Refs]myriad, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Simonides Lyricus 91, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.30, 3rd c.BC: Archimedes Geometra “ψαμμίτης” 3.2, etc.; μ. πρώτη 10, 000 and μ. δευτέρα 10, 000 ] Refs 5th c.BC+] times [[ 10, 000, 3rd c.AD: Diophantus Mathematicus 5.8 ] Refs 3rd c.AD+]: frequently of countless numbers, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 830 (Lyric poetry), etc.; μυριάδες ἐτῶν 1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “de Pietate - Herkulanische Studien” 93 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of money (i.e. δραχμῶν), [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 829 (_anapaest meter_), 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Cat.Mi.” 44 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of corn (i.e. μεδίμνων), [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.91, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 20.32 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; also (i.e. ἀρταβῶν), [[ “POxy.” 1259.4 (3rd c.AD). ] Refs 3rd c.AD+]
__II as adjective, φύστις μ. ἀνδρῶν [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 927 (Lyric poetry: sed to be read ταρφύς τις μ.); μ. πόλεις 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Rhesus” 913 (Lyric poetry). ] Refs 5th c.BC+]