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ἀπο-μορφόομαι, [voice] Pass.,

A receive their form, Thphr.Fr.171.9.

II late in [voice] Act., ἀ. τινὰ εἰς πτηνόν change one into the form of.., Eust. 1598.64.

Grammatical information: f.

Meaning: `outward (corporal) shape, form, beautiful shape, charm' (θ 170 a. λ 367; on the meaning cf. Treu Von Homer zur Lyrik 175f.).

Compounds: Very often as 2. member, e.g. πολύ-μορ-φος `with many forms' (Hp., Arist.) with πολυμορφ-ία (Longin., Him.).

Derivatives: Three denominatives: 1. μορφόομαι, - όω, also with μετα-, δια- a.o., `assume a shape, form' (Thphr., Arat., LXX, NT, Plu.) with ( μετα-, δια-)μόρφωσις `shaping, embodiment' (Thphr., Str., Ep. Rom.); μορφ-ώτρια f. `she who forms, represents' (E. Tr.437), - ωτικός `forming' (Gal., Prokl.); also μόρφωμα `form' (Epicur., Aq.), but in trag. (A., E.) as enlargement of μορφή, cf. Chantraine Form. 186 f. -- 2. μορφάζω `make gestures, behave oneself' (X.) with - ασμός name of a dance (Ath., Poll.), `embellish' (Eust.); ἐπι-μορφάζω `pretend, simulate' (Ph.). -- 3. μορφύνει καλλωπίζει, κοσμεῖ H. (after καλλύνω a.o.); from ἄ-μορφος: ἀμορφύνειν οὑ δεόντως πράττειν H. (Antim. 72). -- Two names: Μορφώ f. surn. of Aphrodite in Sparta (Paus., Lyc.), Μορφεύς m. son of (the) Sleep (Or. Met. 11, 635), father of the dream-images created by him; Bosshardt 122 f. To be rejected Güntert Kalypso 193 f.: Μορφώ and Μορφεύς to μόρφνος. -- Adj. μορφήεις `with beautiful shape' (Pi.).

Origin: XX [etym. unknown]

Etymology: ἀμερφές αἰσχρόν H. points to a noun *μέρφος n., beside which μορφή as γένος: γονή, τέγος: Lat. toga a.o.; the for the verbal nouns *μέρφος and μορφή to be posited primary verb *μέρφω v.t. is unknown. Also further connections are quite hypothetical. After Solmsen KZ 34, 23 f. (s. also Persson Beitr. 2, 687 a. 689) as *'glittering motley outward aspect' with μορφνος (s.v.) to Lith. márgas `motley, manycoloured, beautiful', beside which the zero grade mirgė́ti `light up and again extinguish, shine in motley play of colours'; one should start from an IE verb * mergʷʰ- `bunt glänzen o.ä.'. Diff. on the Lith. words WP. 2, 274 and Fraenkel Wb. s. márgas. -- Not better Osthoff BB 24, 137A. (to μάρπτω), Thieme ZDMG 102, 107 (to Skt. bráhman-). -- On the attempts to connect Lat. fōrma with μορφή s. W.-Hofmann and Ernout-Meillet s.v. (DELG points to the difficulty of the ō).

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