meion

The term Miocene (from Greek meion, less; and Greek kainos, recent) is intended to express a minor proportion of Recent species (of testacea); the term Pliocene (from Greek pleion, more; and Greek kainos, recent), a comparative plurality of the same.

The Antiquity of Man Charles Lyell 1836

(_s {= e} meion_, a sign; _dunamis_, power; less frequently _teras_, a portent) are of deeper significance, and connote the inner nature of the occurrence, either as requiring to be pondered for its meaning, or as the product of a new and peculiar energy.

Miracles and Supernatural Religion James Morris Whiton 1876

e psaphara konis, e psapharos bios esti: ti touton meion ephemerion; ou konis alla bios.

Atalanta in Calydon Algernon Charles Swinburne 1873

[Greek: _Aias meion, outi tosos ge osos Telamonios Aias, alla polu meion.

Famous Reviews R. Brimley Johnson 1899