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1 βύσταξ
Grammatical information: m.Meaning: `moustache' (Antiph. 44.4 ap. Ath. 4, 143a)Other forms: Cf. βύσταγα πώγωνα H.Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]Etymology: Explained as a reshaping of μύσταξ after βυνέω (comparing βῦσαι ἐπιθεῖναι, φορτῶσαι, κρύψαι H.), which is most improbable. Acc. to Güntert Reimwortbildungen 128 a foreign word. Evidently a Pre-Gr. word with β\/μ (Fur. 116, 218; cf. κ\/γ); see the further variants s.v. μύσταξ. A typical example where the evidence for Pre-Gr. origin is explained away by all kinds of analogies and influences.Page in Frisk: 1,278Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό) > βύσταξ
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