μίαχος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From μιαίνω (miaínō, “to defile, pollute”).

Pronunciation

(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈmi.a.kʰos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈmi.a.xos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈmi.a.xos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈmi.a.xos/

Noun

μίαχος • (míakhos)

Hesychius' gives the definition as: μίασμα (míasma, “defilement”), ἀσέβημα (asébēma, “sacrilege”).

References

“μίαχος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
Hesychius' Lexicon: μ

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