Gender Masculine
Usage Ancient Greek
Scripts Μίκυθος, Μικύθος(Ancient Greek)
Other Forms FormsMicythus (latinized form), Mikuthos (variant transcription)
Meaning & History
Derived from the Greek adjective μίκυθος (mikythos) meaning "very small". That word is a diminutive of μικκός (mikkos), which is the Doric and Ionic Greek form of the adjective μικρός (mikros) meaning "small, little".