skilled in measuring μετρ-ητικός,ή,όν, A. skilled in measuring, Pl. Just. 373d ; of numbers,capable of measuring, i. e.dividing, c. gen., Iamb. in Nic. p.36 P. II. concerned with measurement: -κή(sc
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skilled in measuring μετρ-ητικός,ή,όν, A. skilled in measuring, Pl. Just. 373d ; of numbers,capable of measuring, i. e.dividing, c. gen., Iamb. in Nic. p.36 P. II. concerned with measurement: -κή(sc
measurable μετρ-ητός,ή,όν, A. measurable, opp.ἄμετρος, Pl. Lg. 820c ;μ. πρὸς ἄλληλαib. 819e , Plt. 284b ; πένθος οὐ μ. E. Ba. 1244 . II. measured, μετρητὸν πίνειν Plu. 2.156e , cf. Nonn. D. 3.64
the Median affairs Μηδ-ικός,ή,όν,Median:τὰ Μηδικά(sc.πράγματα) A. the Median affairs, esp.the war with the Medes, the name given by Gr. historians to the great Persian war, Th. 1.14 , Arist. Pol. 130
sheep μῆλον(A),τό, A. sheeporgoat, ἢ βοῦν ἠέ τι μῆλον Od. 12.301 (cf. 299 ); μῆλον, ζατρεφέων αἰγῶν ὅς τις φαίνηται ἄριστος 14.105 ; elsewh. Hom. uses the pl. (to distinguish the gender, anAdj.is
μήτῐς or μή τις , ὁ , ἡ , neut. μήτῐ , gen. μήτῐνος : ( τὶς ) old Gr. and Cret. for μηδείς , Il. 12.272 , al., Schwyzer 175 ( Gortyn ), Leg.Gort. 5.13 , al.; Cret. dat. sg. μηδιμί IG 22.1130.4 :—hence
resourceful, inventive μηχᾰν-ικός,ή,όν, A. resourceful, inventive, X. Mem. 4.3.1 ,v.l. in Id. HG 3.1.8 .Adv.- κῶς D.S. 18.27 . 2. c. gen. rei, τῶν ἐπιτηδείων -ώτερος X. Lac. 2.7 . II. oforfor
μῑκός , ή , όν , = μικρός, μικκός , Hp. Nat.Mul. 47 (v.l.), IG 22.47.12 (iv B. C.) , 1407.10 (iv B. C.) , Trag.Adesp. 31 ( = Stoic. 2.57 ), PFay. 127.12 , 13 (ii A. D.) , POxy. 1655.9 , 2153.18 (both
mint, Mentha viridis μίνθᾰ( Thphr. HP 2.4.1 , al.) andμίνθη( Hp. Vict. 2.54 , Dsc. 3.34 (v.l.-α),Gloss.),ἡ, A. mint, Mentha viridis, Hippon. 81 , Cratin. 129 , Thphr. HP l. c., CP 2.16.4 sq., etc.:—a
mixing, mingling μίξις,εως,ἡ, A. mixing, mingling, μ. τε διάλλαξίς τε μιγέντων Emp. 8.3 , cf. Pl. Phlb. 47d , al., Arist. GA 327a30 , etc.; τινὶ πρός τι Pl. Sph. 260b ; πάσας μ. μείγνυσθαι Id. R
maiden's girdle μίτρα, Ep. and Ion. μίτρη,ἡ, a piece of armour, apparently a metal guard worn round the waist, Il. 4.137 , 187 , 216 , 5.857 . 2. in later Poets, = ζώνη ,maiden's girdle, Theoc. 27.5
a mitre μίτρα, Epic dialect and Ionic dialect μίτρη, ἡ, a piece of armour, apparently a metal guard worn round the waist, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.137, 187, 216, 5.857 ] Refs 8th
remembrance, memory μνημοσύνη, Dor. and Aeol. μνᾱμοσύνα,ἡ, A. remembrance, memory,μ. τις ἔπειτα πυρὸς . . γενέσθωlet us be mindful of fire, Il. 8.181 ; οὐ μ. σέθεν ἔσσετ' Sapph. 68 ; μ. ἀνεγείρειν
μνοῦνες: οἱ μηροί , Hsch. μνωί̈α , μνωί̈της , v. μνοία . μνωόμενος , μνώοντο , v. μνάομαι . μνώσκει: μίσγεται, ἔρχεται , Id. μνῶται: κινεῖται ἢ κτείνεται , Erot. (dub. l.). μνοῦνες: οἱ μηροί, Hsch. μ
lead μόλυβδος, ὁ (ἡ, see infr. III. 2), lead, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Simonides Lyricus 64 (uncertain), 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.56, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.93, “IG” 12.371.12,22.1666.30,
lead μόλυβδος,ὁ(ἡ,v.infr. III. 2 ), A. lead, Simon. 64 (dub.), Hdt. 3.56 , Th. 1.93 , IG 12.371.12 , 22.1666.30 ,al., PCair.Zen. 386r (iii B.C.), etc.; τηκτὸς μ. E. Andr. 267 , etc. II. plumbago,
solitary μον-άς, Ion. μουνάς( AP 9.482 ( Agath. )),άδος,ἡ, special fem. ofμόνος, A. solitary, ἐρημία E. Ba. 609 (troch.); αἰών Id. Ph. 1520 (lyr.); of a woman,alone, by oneself, Id. Andr. 855 (l
abiding, tarrying μονή,ἡ, (μένω) A. abiding, tarrying, E. Tr. 1129 , HF 957 , Ar. Av. 418 (lyr.), X. An. 5.1.5 , etc.; opp.ἔξοδος, Hdt. 1.94 ; opp.φορά, Pl. Cra. 437b ; opp.κίνησις, Arist. Ph. 205a17
abode μονή, ἡ, (μένω) abiding, tarrying, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 1129, “HF” 957, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 418 (Lyric poetry), 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Ana
a stable μόνῐμος, ον, also η, ον [[“Anthologia Graeca” 12.224 (2nd c.AD: Strato Epigrammaticus)] Refs 2nd c.AD+]: (μονή, μένω):— staying in one's place, stable, [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ
alone, solitary μόνος,η,ον, Ep. and Ion. μοῦνος, the only form used by Hom. (as in all derivs. exc.μονόω), Hes. , and Hdt. , also by Pi. P. 9.27 , I. 5(4).12 , B. 3.80 , al., by S. both in iamb. and
alone μόνος, η, ον, Epic dialect and Ionic dialect μοῦνος, the only form used by [[ 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus (as in all derivations except μονόω), 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus, and 5th c.BC: Herodot
μῠ-άκανθος [ ᾰκ], ὁ , = κεντρομυρσίνη , Thphr. HP 6.5.1 , Orph. Fr. 49.61 . = ἀσπάραγος πετραῖος , Dsc. 2.125 :— Adj. μῠᾰκάνθινος , η , ον , Gal. 11.841 , Orib. 3.4.1 . μῠ-άκανθος[ᾰκ],ὁ, A. = κεντρο
it's all one, all alike Μύκονος[ῠ],ἡ ,Myconus, one of the Cyclades, Hdt. 6.118 , etc.; the people were said to be all bald, Lucil. 1211 , Str. 10.5.9 : whence (acc. to Donat.ad Ter. Hec. 440 ) the pro
of myrtle μύρσῐν-ος, Att. μύρρῐνος,η,ον, A. = μύρτινος ,of myrtle, [μύρον] Thphr. Od. 27 ; ὄζος Call. Dian. 202 ; ἔλαιον Androm. ap. Gal. 13.687 , al., cf. PPetr. 2p.114 (iii B. C.). II. Subs