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μηρῷ (mero)

μηρῷ is an Ancient Greek form of μηρός, meaning “thigh”. It is the accusative dual masculine noun.

Found 32 times in the Ancient Greek texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Euripides, Bacchae 96: κατὰ μηρῷ δὲ καλύψας

Homeric Hymns, Hymn 2 to Demeter 245: σκέψατο· κώκυσεν δὲ καὶ ἄμφω πλήξατο μηρὼ

Flavius Josephus, The Jewish War 2.573: … Γαλιλαίαν ἐτειχίσατο, τῆς δὲ ἄνω Γαλιλαίας τήν τε προσαγορευομένην Ἀκχαβάρων πέτραν καὶ Σὲπφ καὶ Ἰαμνεὶθ καὶ Μηρώ.

All forms of μηρός (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Liddell-Scott-Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.