mimeteos

Grammatical information: m. (f.)

Meaning: name of an actor, `mime' (A. Fr. 57, 9, E. Rh. in lyr., D., Plu., pap.), kind of scenic sketch, founded by the Syracusan Sophron, `mimus' (Arist.).

Compounds: Compp., e. g. μιμο-γράφος `mime-writer' (hell.), λογό- μιμος m. "spoken mime", `actor or writer of...' (Hegesand. Hist.), ἀρχί-μιμος m. `chief comedian' (plur.); as 2, member mostly verbal to μιμέομαι, e.g. γυναικό-μιμος `imitating women' (trag.).

Derivatives: μιμάς, - άδος f. `mimic player (female)' (Ael.), μιμώ f. `ape' (Suid. s. πίθηκος), μιμ(ε)ία f. `farce' (Ph.), μιμικός `regarding the μῖμος, mimic' (hell.). -- Besides, prob. as denomin., μιμέομαι, μιμήσασθαι, also w. prefix, e.g. ἀπο-, ἐκ-, `imitate, mimic, (in art) copy' (h. Ap. 163) with derivv.: ( ἀντι-, ἀπο-, ἐκ-)μίμησις `imitation, artistic, esp. dramatic presentation' (IA.), ( ἀπο-) μίμημα `imitation, representation' (IA.); ( συμ-)μιμητής m. `imitator, artist' (IA.), μιμήτωρ, - ορος m. `id.' (Man.); μιμητικός `able to imitate, imitating, mimetic' (Pl., Arist.); μιμηλός `id.', also `imitated' (Luc., Plu.), or `referring to μῖμος' (Chantraine Form. 242), with μιμηλάζω (- ίζω?) = μιμέομαι (Ph.).

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

Etymology: Compared with μιμέομαι μῖμος is rarely and late attested, but must be considered as its basis. -- The technical meaning of μῖμος makes a loan probable (cf. Schwyzer 423). The connection with Skt. māyā f. `magic(image), illusion, deception' assuming an ablaut māi: mī (Schulze KZ 27, 425 = Kl. Schr. 53) must therefore be considered as a very remote possibility (the suggested ablaut does not exist). Further uncertain connections in WP. 2, 220; s. also μοῖτος. -- Lat. LW [loanword] mīmus `id.' (W.-Hofmann s.v.); Messap. LW [loanword] mimeteos (gen.) from μιμητής (Krahe IF 49, 268). - So no etymology; prob. Pre-Greek.

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