μινύθω

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *mi-néw-, from the root *mey- (“to decrease, diminish; small, little”). Compare Latin minuō, Sanskrit मीनाति (mīnā́ti, “to lessen, diminish, damage”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /mi.ný.tʰɔː/ → /miˈny.θo/ → /miˈni.θo/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /mi.ný.tʰɔː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /miˈny.tʰo/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /miˈny.θo/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /miˈny.θo/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /miˈni.θo/

Verb

μῐνύθω • (minúthō)

1. to decrease, reduce

Conjugation

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	μῐνῠ́θω	μῐνῠ́θεις	μῐνῠ́θει	μῐνῠ́θετον	μῐνῠ́θετον	μῐνῠ́θομεν	μῐνῠ́θετε	μῐνῠ́θουσῐ(ν)
	subjunctive	μῐνῠ́θω	μῐνῠ́θῃς	μῐνῠ́θῃ	μῐνῠ́θητον	μῐνῠ́θητον	μῐνῠ́θωμεν	μῐνῠ́θητε	μῐνῠ́θωσῐ(ν)
	optative	μῐνῠ́θοιμῐ	μῐνῠ́θοις	μῐνῠ́θοι	μῐνῠ́θοιτον	μῐνῠθοίτην	μῐνῠ́θοιμεν	μῐνῠ́θοιτε	μῐνῠ́θοιεν
	imperative		μῐ́νῠθε	μῐνῠθέτω	μῐνῠ́θετον	μῐνῠθέτων		μῐνῠ́θετε	μῐνῠθόντων
middle/ passive	indicative	μῐνῠ́θομαι	μῐνῠ́θῃ, μῐνῠ́θει	μῐνῠ́θεται	μῐνῠ́θεσθον	μῐνῠ́θεσθον	μῐνῠθόμεθᾰ	μῐνῠ́θεσθε	μῐνῠ́θονται
	subjunctive	μῐνῠ́θωμαι	μῐνῠ́θῃ	μῐνῠ́θηται	μῐνῠ́θησθον	μῐνῠ́θησθον	μῐνῠθώμεθᾰ	μῐνῠ́θησθε	μῐνῠ́θωνται
	optative	μῐνῠθοίμην	μῐνῠ́θοιο	μῐνῠ́θοιτο	μῐνῠ́θοισθον	μῐνῠθοίσθην	μῐνῠθοίμεθᾰ	μῐνῠ́θοισθε	μῐνῠ́θοιντο
	imperative		μῐνῠ́θου	μῐνῠθέσθω	μῐνῠ́θεσθον	μῐνῠθέσθων		μῐνῠ́θεσθε	μῐνῠθέσθων
		active				middle/passive
infinitive		μῐνῠ́θειν				μῐνῠ́θεσθαι
participle	m	μῐνῠ́θων				μῐνῠθόμενος
	f	μῐνῠ́θουσᾰ				μῐνῠθομένη
	n	μῐνῠ́θον				μῐνῠθόμενον
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

   Present: μῐνῠ́θω, μῐνῠ́θομαι

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	μῐνῠ́θεσκον	μῐνῠ́θεσκες	μῐνῠ́θεσκε(ν)	μῐνῠθέσκετον	μῐνῠθεσκέτην	μῐνῠθέσκομεν	μῐνῠθέσκετε	μῐνῠ́θεσκον
middle/ passive	indicative	μῐνῠθεσκόμην	μῐνῠθέσκου	μῐνῠθέσκετο	μῐνῠθέσκεσθον	μῐνῠθεσκέσθην	μῐνῠθεσκόμεθᾰ	μῐνῠθέσκεσθε	μῐνῠθέσκοντο
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms are based on conjecture. Use with caution. For more details, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

   Imperfect: μῐνῠ́θεσκον, μῐνῠθεσκόμην (Ionic)

Further reading

• “μινύθω”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• μινύθω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• μινύθω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “μινύθω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press