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Headword:
*muri/a
Adler number: mu,1434
Translated headword: myriads
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Meaning] many, numberless.
But [when differently accented] muria [is] the number [sc. 10,000].
Greek Original:*muri/a: polla/, a)nari/qmhta. *mu/ria de\ o( a)riqmo/s.
Notes:
This word did, as the context required, mean either a large unquantifiable number (cf. the Japanese "banzai!") or else 10,000. However, the difference of accentuation claimed here and elsewhere (paroxytone = indefinite, proparoxytone = definite) is not observed in ancient mss: see LSJ s.v.
cf. generally
mu 1435,
mu 1436,
mu 1439,
mu 1440.
Translated by: David Whitehead on 8 July 2001@06:41:07.
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