2. defiled with blood, “Κιθαιρών” E.Ba.1384 (anap.); μ. ἡμέραι certain days in the month Anthesterion, on which expiatory libations (χοαί) were offered to the dead, Hsch.; at Rome, ἡμέρα μ., = dies nefastus, D.C.51.19; μιαρά, τά, actions resulting in ritual impurity, Berl.Sitzb.1927.157 (Cyrene).
3. generally, defiled, polluted, “μ. καὶ ἄναγνος” Antipho 2.1.10, cf. Pl.Lg.716e; of animals, unclean, “ὗν δὲ Αἰγύπτιοι μιαρὸν ἥγηνται θηρίον εἶναι” Hdt. 2.47; “θάλασσα ὕδωρ -ώτατον” Heraclit.61.
4. in moral sense, abominable, foul, “ὦ μ. ἦθος” S.Ant.746; repulsive to the moral sense, Arist.Po.1452b36, al.: freq. in Ar. as a term of reproach, blackguard, “μ. κεφαλή” Ach. 285, cf. 282; μιαρώτατος ib.182; μ. φωνή coarse, brutal voice, Eq. 218, cf. S.Tr.987 (anap.); “μιαρώτατος περὶ τὸν δῆμον” Ar.Eq.831; “μ. τε καὶ ὀλιγαρχικούς” Pl.R.562d. Adv. -“ρῶς” Ar.Eq.800; “οὕτω φανερῶς καὶ μ.” D.21.69.
5. ὦ μιαρέ you rogue, in a coaxing sense, Pl. Phdr.236e, al.
6. = μάχλος, γύναικες μιαρώταται Alc.39.
7. physically ugly, “γυναῖκα ὀφθῆναι μ.” X.Eph.3.12.
