matricide μητρ-ᾰλοίας, ου, ὁ, (ἀλοιάω) striking one's mother: hence, matricide, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 153 (Lyric poetry), 210, 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 10.8, 5th-6th c.BC: Pl
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matricide μητρ-ᾰλοίας, ου, ὁ, (ἀλοιάω) striking one's mother: hence, matricide, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 153 (Lyric poetry), 210, 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 10.8, 5th-6th c.BC: Pl
capital μητρό-πολις, Doric dialect ματρό-, poetry μητρόπτολις, [[ “epigram Gr.” 537.4 (from Tomi), 842a1 (from Cyrene), “Syria” 7.209 (from Damascus), 4th-5th c.AD(?): Nonnus Epicus “Dionysiaca” 13.1
engineer μηχᾰν-άριος, ὁ, engineer, especially for irrigation machines, [[ “BGU” 325.7 (3rd c.AD)] Refs 3rd c.AD+]:—written μηχᾰν-άρις, [[ “Sammelb.” 5124.147 (2nd c.AD)] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; μηκαν[άρ]ιος
to construct μηχᾰν-εύομαι, ={μηχανάομαι}, variant in [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 4.5.49 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: used as passive by [[ 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnas
a machine μηχᾰν-ή, Doric dialect μᾱχᾰνά, ἡ, (μῆχος): __I contrivance, especially machine for lifting weights and the like, crane, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.125, “IG” 11(2).161 A 69, +other
first Related to: εἷς, μίᾰ, ἕν (μίη only in late Ionic dialect Prose): genitive ἑνός, μιᾶς, ἑνός:—Epic dialect ἕεις [[ 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 145, “Anthologia Graeca” 7.341 (5th c.
to stain μῐαίνω, future μιᾰνῶ [[ 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 2.2.11 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; 3rd.pers. singular μιᾰνεῖ [[ “Berl.Sitzb.” 1927.158 (from Cyrene), LXX.Isa.30.22, +others] LXX]: aorist ἐμίηνα [[ 8
defilement μίαν-σις, εως, ἡ, pollution, [[ LXX.Lev.13.44, 3rd c.AD: Porphyrius Tyrius Philosophus “de Abstinentia - Porphyrii Opuscula” 4.20. ] LXX+3rd c.AD+]
to eat abominable food μῐᾰρο-φᾰγέω, eat abominable meats, and μῐᾰρο-φᾰγία, ἡ, eating of abominable meats, [[ LXX.4Mac.5.27. ] LXX]
defilement μί-ασμα [ῐ], ατος, τό, (μιαίνω) stain, defilement, especially by murder or other crime, taint of guilt, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 169 (Lyric poetry), 281, etc.; οὐκ ἔ
defilement μι-ασμός, ὁ, ={μίανσις}, [[ LXX.Wis.14.26, NT.2Pet.2.10, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.393c, 3rd c.AD: Porphyrius Tyrius Philosophus “de Abstinentia - Porphyrii Opus
mixture μίγμα, ατος, τό, (μείγνυμι) mixture, compound, [[ 5th c.BC: Empedocles Poeta Philosophus and 5th c.BC: Anaxagoras Philosophus cited in 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Physica” 187a33, comp
to mix μείγνυμι or μίγνυμι, μ<ε>ίγνυσι [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 691e ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; imperative μ<ε>ίγνυ [[ [prev. author] “Phlb.” 63e ] Refs]:—also μ<ε>ιγνύω, [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: D
little Included with: μικρός and σμῑκρός, ά, όν, Doric dialect, Ionic dialect μικκός (which see): σμικρός is corroborated by metre in [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 17.757, 8th-7th c.BC:
small μικρός and σμῑκρός, ά, όν, Doric dialect, Ionic dialect μικκός (which see): σμικρός is corroborated by metre in [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 17.757, 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus
thinness μικρότης or σμικρ- (see. μικρός), ητος, ἡ, smallness. first in [[ 5th c.BC: Anaxagoras Philosophus 1, compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Metaphysica” 1056b29; διὰ σμικρότητα ἀόρατα 5
to belittle μικρ-ύνω or σμικρ-, belittle, [[ 4th c.BC: Demetrius Phalereus Rhetor “Demetrius on Style” 236. ] Refs 4th c.BC+] __2 make small, lessen, [[ 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus “
Miletus Miletus , a Greek city in Caria, [[Iliad by Homer] 8th/7th c.BC] (from Middle LSJ)
mile μῑλῐ-ον, τό, a Roman mile, [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 34.11.8, 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 3.1.9, NT.Matt.5.41, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “C. Gracchus” 7
vermilion μίλτος, ἡ, red earth, red ochre, ruddle, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.191, 7.69, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 378, 5th c.BC: Diocles Comicus 9, 10, “IG” 22.1672
to imitate μῑμ-έομαι, future -ήσομαι: aorist ἐμιμησάμην [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 12.21, etc.: ] Refs 5th c.BC+]perfect μεμίμημαι (see. below):—imitate, represent, portray, ἔργα Γιγάντων [[
imitator μῑμ-ητής, οῦ, ὁ, imitator, τινων[[ [prev. work = 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia”] 1.6.3, compare 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ διαίτης” 1.22, NT.1Cor.4.16 ] NT+5th c.BC
gymnasium named after Mimnermus Μιμνέρμειον, τό, gymnasium named after Mimnermus, [[ BMus.Inscription 1030 (from Smyrna). ] Refs]
to remember μιμνήσκω (not μιμν-ήσκω, see below), future μνήσω: aorist ἔμνησα: causal Verb, formed in present and imperfect from μέμνημαι as πιπράσκω from πέπραμαι:— remind, put in mind, μνήσει δέ σε