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μειόω

meioo

lessen, diminish

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Where it lives

Densest 12 of 15 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

μειόω · meioō — LSJ

lessen, diminish, diminish, by, moderate

lessen, diminish, opp. αὔξω, Phld. Oec. p.21 J. (Pass.); μ. τὸ χωρίον Plb. 9.20.3; μ. τὸν ὁπλισμὸν τοῖς θώραξιν 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.

2 lessen in honour, degrade

lessen in honour, degrade, τοὺς φίλους Id. HG 3.4.9; τὴν ἐξ Ἀρείου πάγου βουλήν D.S. 11.77.

3 lessen by word, disparage

lessen by word, disparage, τὰ τῶν πολεμίων X. Cyr. 6.3.17, cf. Hier. 2.17; αὔξειν καὶ μειοῦν Arist. Rh. 1403a17.

4 shorten

shorten a syllable, D.H. Comp. 11: generally, λέξεων κατὰ ποσότητα μεμειωμένων Hdn.Gr. 2.909.

II become smaller, decrease

Pass., become smaller, decrease, in size, etc., σπλὴν ἐμειοῦτο Hp. Epid. 1.4.3 [1.26.γʹ], cf. Pl. Cra. 409c; δελήνη μειουμένη Arist. Mu. 399a7, cf. Ph. 2.153, al.

2 become worse, weaker, fall short of

become worse or weaker, μ. τὴν διάνοιαν X. Mem. 4.8.1: c. gen., fall short of, τῶν . . μεγάλα θυόντων ib. 1.3.3; τῆς τοῦ σώματος ἰσχύος Id. Cyr. 7.5.65.

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Where it came from

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