In Liddell and Scott (courtesy of the Tufts Perseus site), I find
μυριάς, άδος I. a number of 10, 000, a myriad, Hdt., etc.; indefinitely of countless numbers, Eur.:—when μυριάς, μυριάδες are used absol. of money, δραχμῶν must be supplied, Ar.; when of corn, μεδίμνων, Dem. II. adj. consisting of 10, 000, Aesch., Eur.
So one could argue that the the adjectival use is well enough sanctioned.
In Liddell and Scott (courtesy of the Tufts Perseus site), I find
ReplyDeleteμυριάς, άδος
I. a number of 10, 000, a myriad, Hdt., etc.; indefinitely of countless numbers, Eur.:—when μυριάς, μυριάδες are used absol. of money, δραχμῶν must be supplied, Ar.; when of corn, μεδίμνων, Dem.
II. adj. consisting of 10, 000, Aesch., Eur.
So one could argue that the the adjectival use is well enough sanctioned.