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μειράκιον

μειράκιον, a boy, lad, stripling

μειρᾰκῐ-ον, τό, in form
  • Dim. of μεῖραξ, lad, stripling, Antipho 3.3.11, Ar. Nu. 917 (anap.), Pl. R. 497e, Prt. 315d, Men. Georg. 46; ἔφηβος, μ., ἀνήρ, γέρων Id. 18 D.; ἄχρι γενείου λαχνώσιος, ἐς τὰ τρὶς ἑπτά Hp. ap. Ph. 1.26; παῖς, μ., νεανίσκος Arr. Epict. 3.9.8; under twenty-one, Plu. Brut. 27; about twenty, Luc. DMort. 19[9].4; ἐκ μειρακίων μέχρι γήρως Isoc. 15.93, cf. Aeschin. 1.39; εἰς ἄνδρας ἐκ μειρακίων τελευτᾶν Pl. Tht. 173b; ἐκ μειρακίου Is. 5.40.
      • 2 of adults, in a contemptuous sense, Plb. 2.68.2, Plu. Phil. 6.

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