μογο-τ

Grammatical information: v.

Meaning: `toil, be distressed, suffer' (Il.)

Other forms: ptc. perf. μεμογηώς (Nic.)

Compounds: Rarely with συν-, ἐν-.

Derivatives: μόγος m. `toil, trouble, distress' (Δ 27, rare). As 1. member in μογοσ-τόκος adjunct of the helpster(s) of birth Eileithyia (Il.) and Artemis (Theoc.), also of ὠδῖνες (Lyc.), of the Trojan horse (Tryph. Ep.), of ὥρα a.o. (Nonn.); meaning uncertain, but not with Bechtel Lex. (after Brugmann Grundr.<sup>1</sup> 1, 173; not in the 2. impr.) = `causing pain' with μογοσ- as acc. pl. from *μόγονς; a μογο-τ. was metr. impossible (Chantraine Gramm. hom. 1, 95). From μόγος prob. μογερός `laborious, distressful' (trag.). -- Adv. μόγις `with toil, hardly' (Il.); old nom. sg. "who toils"? (Solmsen Wortforsch. 169; cf. also Schwyzer 620). -- PN Μογέᾱ m. (Boeot.; Schwyzer 560).

Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]

Etymology: On itself μογέω can of course be a denominative from μόγος; the rarity of the substantive makes it however more probable, that μογέω as old intensive (cf. Schwyzer 719 f.) gave μόγος as backformation. -- No certain cognates. Solmsen KZ 29, 85f. compared a Balt. adj. for `heavy (of weight) etc.', Lith. smagùs also `strong, powerful (of blows)', Latv. smag(r)s; the anlaut. σμ- is also found in σμογερόν σκληρόν, ἐπίβουλον, μοχθηρόν H. (cf. on σμυγερός). After Fraenkel (s. Wb. s. smagùs) however the Balt. adj. belongs rather to Lith. smagiù, smõgti `scourge, beat, throw (s.thing heavy)'. Also Lat. mōlēs `heavy mass', also `exertion, toil' remains far, s. W.-Hofmann s.v. and on μῶλος. -- Cf. μόχθος and μοχλός. - Fur. 140, 363 connects μόχθος, μοχλός, σμογερος, σμυγερός and considers the group, prob. correctly, as Pre-Greek.

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