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μει-ωτικός

meiotikos

lowering, diminishing, waning

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Where it lives

Lives of Eminent Philosophers 1 · 0.09/10k

What it meant

μει-ωτικός · mei-ōtikos — LSJ

lowering, diminishing, waning

lowering in description, diminishing, ὕψους Longin. 42.1; ὑπαρχόντων Vett.Val. 10.20; ποταμῶν Heph.Astr. 1.20: Medic., πλήθους (plethora) Gal. 1.146; waning, τὸ τῆς σελήνης μ. σχῆμα Vett.Val. 41.6.

2 depreciatory

depreciatory, Phld. Rh. 1.217 S. Adv. -κῶς S.E. M. 3.42, D.L. 7.53.

In the wild

μειωτικῶς · meiōtikōs Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 7.1 (DIORISIS sentence 5835)

Where it came from

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