1. μεῖον · meion — Beekes
small animals (sheep or lambs), which were sacrificed during the Apatouria
The corpus record
μείων
meion
small animals (sheep or lambs), which were sacrificed during the Apatouria
Figures and citations on this page are drawn from the audited corpus; none are written from memory.
Distribution
- Apology 2 · 10/10k
- On the Cavalry Commander 5 · 8.69/10k
- Agesilaus 6 · 8.16/10k
- Ways and Means 3 · 7.85/10k
- Hiero 3 · 5.03/10k
- Anabasis 19 · 3.38/10k
- Cyropaedia 26 · 3.3/10k
- Oedipus at Colonus 3 · 2.9/10k
- Fragments 1 · 2.51/10k
- Suppliant Maidens 1 · 2.07/10k
- Constitution of the Lacedaemonians 1 · 2.06/10k
- Seven Against Thebes 1 · 1.99/10k
Densest 12 of 26 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.
Senses
2. μείων · meiōn — Beekes
smaller
3. μείων · meiōn — Chantraine
π
4. μείων · meiōn — Chantraine
680 — de, être désavantagé » (X
5. μεῖον · meion — Frisk
der das Kleinvieh auf die Waage bringt
6. μείων · meiōn — Frisk
n
7. μείων · meiōn — Frisk
Zu μείων, μινύϑω mit anderer Auffassung und Lit
8. μεῖον · meion — LSJ
9. μεί-ων · mei-ōn — LSJ
lesser, less
Attestations
- μείων · meiōn Iliad 2.528
- μείων · meiōn Iliad 2.529
- μείων · meiōn Iliad 3.193
- μείονα · meiona Theogony 445–447
- μείονα · meiona Works and Days 690
- μεῖον · meion Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics 1129b (DIORISIS sentence 1543)
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- scan p. 974; entry #3987
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- scan p. 697; entry #5169
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- scan pp. 1169-1170; entry #3792
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