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μινύθω

minutho

to lessen, fade away

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1. μινύθω · minythō — Beekes

μινύθω [v.] ‘to lessen, fade away’, also trans. ‘to reduce’ (Il). <1 *mi-n(e)-u- ‘lessen, diminish’> eVAR Also μινυνθάνω (PMich.); ipf. -ύθεσκον (ἐμινύθει Hp.), fut. μινυθήσω, aor. -ῆσαι, perf. μεμινύθηκα (Hp.). eCOMP Rarely with περι-, avv-, d7t0-.. *DER Medical terms: μινύθ-ησις [f.] ‘waning’, -ἥματα [pl.] ‘what is lessening, dying members’, -w@1\¢ ‘weak, lessening’ (Hp.), on the verbal derivation see Chantraine … — [Beekes, s.v. μινύθω, p. 1006]

2. μινύθω · minythō — Chantraine

μινύθω : «diminuer, détruire », au sens intransitif « être diminué, détruit » (avec le doublet μινυνθάνω, Pap. Mich. 11,7), cf. Chantraine, Mélanges Vendryes 95 (Hom., avec limpf. itératif μινύθεσκον, Hés., poètes) ; Hp. au sens de « diminuer, réduire » offre un impf. ἐμινύθει, f. μινυθήσω, aor. ἐμινύθησα, pf. μεμινύθηκα, Rares composés avec les préverbes ἀπο- (tardif), mept- (Od.), συν- (tardif). Le mot est … — [Chantraine, s.v. μινύθω, p. 721]

3. μῐνῠθ-ω · minyth-ō — LSJ

lessen, curtail

lessen, curtail, Ζεὺς δʼ ἀρετὴν ἄνδρεσσιν ὀφέλλει τε μινύθει τε Il. 20.242, cf. 15.492, 493, Hes. Op. 6.

2 diminish in number

diminish in number, τοὺς [σύας] μινύθεσκον ἔδοντες Od. 14.17.

II become smaller, less, decrease, shrink, waste

intr., become smaller or less, decrease, μινύθουσι δὲ οἶκοι ἐν σέλαϊ μεγάλῳ Il. 17.738; μινύθει δέ τε ἔργʼ ἀνθρώπων 16.392, cf. Hes. Op. 409; μινύθουσι δὲ οἶκοι, from want of heirs, ib. 244; μινύθει δέ τοι ἦτορ ἑταίρων Od. 4.374; μ. κραδίη Thgn. 361; ἀρετᾶς οὐ μινύθει (fort. μινύνθη) ἅμα σώματι φέγγος B. 3.90; μ. αἱ σάρκες shrink, waste, Hp. Art. 53, Mochl. 19: used by Trag. only in lyr., A. Th. 920, Eu. 374, S. OC 686; τὰς νύκτας ἔφασκον τῶ θέρεος μινύθειν Theoc. 21.23. (Cf. Skt. minóti, miná̄t

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Where it came from

  • Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. μινύθω (scan pp. 1006-1007; entry #4104). Root candidates: *minu-, *minuiza-.
  • Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. μινύθω (scan p. 721; entry #5326).

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