mhcanourgov"
mhca±n-ourgov" , ovn, ( * e[rgw ) = mhcanopoiov" , Anth.
mhcanofovro"
mhca±no-fovro" , on , conveying military machines, Plut.
mh`car
mh`car , tov , = mh`co" , Aesch.
mh`co", M `HCOS
M `HCOS , tov , a means, expedient, remedy, Il.; mh`co" kakou` a remedy for Ill, Od., Hdt.; kakw`n Eur.
miva
miva± , hJ , gen. mia`" , Ep. and Ion. mih`" , dat. mia`/, mih`/ , acc. miva±n , fem. of ei|" , one.
miaivnw, MIAI vNW, miaivnw
MIAI vNW
, f.
mia±nw`
: aor.
I
ejmivhna
; Dor. and Att.
ejmiva<Eth>na
: pf.
memivagka
:—Med., aor.
I
ejmihvnato
:—Pass.,
f.
»mianqhvsomai
: aor.
I
ejmiavnqhn
, Ep.
miavnqhn
: pf.
memivasmai
:—properly,
to stain, dye,
ejlevfanta foivniki miaivnein
(cf. Virgils
violaverit ostro si quis ebur),
Il.
2. to stain, defile, sully, esp. with blood, miavnqhn (Ep. 3 dual for mianqhvthn ) ai{mati mhroiv Ib.; ai{mati pesei` mianqeiv" Soph.; m. tou;" qew`n bwmou;" ai{mati Plat.; borbovrw/ u{dwr miaivnwn Aesch.
3. of moral stains, to taint, defile, Pind., Trag.; hence Soph. says, qeou;" miaivnein ou[ ti" ajnqrwvpwn sqevnei :—Pass. to incur such defilement, Aesch., etc.; miaivnesqai th;n yuchvn Plat.; th`" a[llh" »gh`"1/4 aujtw`/ memiasmevnh" Thuc.
miaifonevw
miaifonevw , to be or become blood-stained, Eur.
2. c. acc. to murder, Isocr., Plat.
miaifoniva
miaifoniva , hJ , bloodguiltiness, Dem., Diod.
II. pollution from eating blood, Plut.
miaifovno"
miai-fovno" , on , blood-stained, bloody, Il.: defiled with blood, blood-guilty, Trag.; c. gen., m. tevknwn stained with thy childrens blood, Eur.:—Comp. -wvtero" Hdt., Eur.; Sup. -wvtato" , Id.
miavnqhn
miavnqhn , Ep. for ejmiavnqhn , aor. I pass. of miaivnw .
2. 3 dual for miavnqhthn .
miariva
mia±riva , hJ , ( miarov" ) brutality, Xen., Dem.
miarovglwsso"
mia±rov-glwsso" , on , ( glw`ssa ) foul-tongued, Anth.