κὰδ+δ'+ἔπεσ'+ἐν+κονίῃσι+μακών

Grammatical information: v.

Meaning: `meckern, bleat', of sheep, also of a hare and of a horse, in the formular verse κὰδ' δ' ἔπεσ' ἐν κονίῃσι μακών, of a deer, boar, also of a man (Phryn. PS, Procop., sch., H.)

Other forms: μηκάζω (Nic.), perf. μέμηκα only in pret. ἐμέμηκον (ι 439), and in ptc. μεμηκώς (K 362), f. μεμακυῖαι (Δ 435), aor. ptc. μακών (P469, κ163).

Derivatives: Here, after κεμάς and other animal names (cf. Risch $ 52 b; not from the late μηκάομαι), μηκάς f. `bleating', in Hom. only in plur. of αἶγες, later (S., E.) also of ἄρνες and subst. = αἴξ. Late derivv.: μηκ-ασμός (Plu., Poll.), - ηθμός (Opp.), -ή (Ael., Sch.) `bleating', - ητικός `bleating' (sch.).

Origin: ONOM [onomatopoia, and other elementary formations] *mēk- `bleat'

Etymology: The pair μέμηκα: μακεῖν ( μακών) agrees with λέληκα: λακεῖν (with comparable meaning), κέκραγα: κραγεῖν a.o.; to an old intensive perfect and an also old thematic aorist several presents were created: μηκάζω, - άομαι, λάσκω, κράζω etc.; cf. Schwyzer 683, 722 n. 2, 748, 770 a. 777, for Hom. Chantraine Gramm. hom. 1, 389; 426; 438, on μακών also Leumann Hom. Wörter 235 n. 31. -- Onomatopoetic formation, starting from the sound-imitation μη (mē) and with many partly genetic, partly elementary cognate agreements, e.g. MHG meckatzen 'bleat', mecke `he-goat', Lith. mekčióti, mekénti `id.', Lat. miccīre `id.', Skt. (lex.) meka- m. `he-goat', Arm. mak'i `sheep'. -- WP. 2, 256, Pok. 715f., W.-Hofmann a. Fraenkel s. vv. - The relation μη̄-\/ μα- cannot be of IE date; so it must be analogical. Pok. 715 posits * mek- which cannot explain the Greek forms.

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μηκ-άομαι, [tense] pres. only late, Procop. Goth.2.17, cf. Phryn.PSp.59 B., Sch.Od.9.124: poet. [tense] aor. part. μᾰκών (v. infr.): [tense] pf. part. μεμηκώς; fem. μεμᾰκυῖα: [tense] impf., formed from [tense] pf.,

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ἐμέμηκον Od.9.439

:— bleat, of sheep,

μυρίαι ἑστήκασιν.., ἀζηχὲς μεμακυῖαι Il.4.435

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θήλειαι δ' ἐμέμηκον ἀνήμελκτοι περὶ σηκούς Od.9.439

(used by Hom. of goats only in the Subst. μηκάς); of a hunted fawn or hare, scream, shriek,

ὁ δέ τε προθέῃσι μεμηκώς Il.10.362

: part. μακών only in the phrase, κὰδ δ' ἔπεσ' ἐν κονίῃσι μακών fell shrieking to earth, of a wounded horse, stag, or boar, 16.469, Od. 10.163, 19.454; of a man, 18.98.—Onomatopoeic word.