μαζο-νόμος

μαζο-νόμον, τό,

A trencher for serving barley-cakes on, Harmod.1, IG 7.3498.8,50 (Orop.), OGI214.50 (Didyma, iii B. C.), prob. in IG22.1478.14:—also [suff] μαζο-νόμος, ὁ, POxy.1449.58,60 (iii A. D.).

μαζο-νόμος, Gerstenbrot verteilend; übh. Schüssel zu Speisen; mazonomum

Grammatical information: f.

Meaning: `barley-cake' (IA.), `(metall-)clump, mass, ball' (LXX, J., pap.).

Other forms: (Hdn. Gr. 2, 937, after Moer. Att.), μάζα (hell. after Moer.), Megar. μᾶδδα (Ar. Ach. 732, 835)

Compounds: Compp., e.g. μαζο-νόμος (pap. III^p), - νόμον (hell. inscr.), - νόμιον (Callix. 2), - νομεῖον (com.) `trencher for b.-c.'; ὁλό-μαζος `with its whole mass, complete' (Hero Stereom.).

Derivatives: Deminut. μαζ-ίσκη (Ar.), - ίον (Phryn. Com. a.o.). Adj. μαζ-ηρός `belonging to μᾶζα' (Poll.; like σιτηρός a.o.), μαζεινὸς (for μάζινος?) βοῦς ὁ ἐξ ἀλφίτων H. Denomin. μαζάω `knead a barley-cake' (pap., H.), ὑπερ-μαζάω `get too much (barley-bread)' (Ath., Luc.; also μαζάω [Suid.]; cf. κριθάω). -- Unclear μαζύγιον n. (beside μαζύς f.) `amalgam' (Zos. Alch.). -

Origin: IE [Indo-European]X [probably] [696] *maǵ-? `knead'.

Etymology: From μαγ-ῆναι, pres. μάσσω (s. v.) with ι̯α-suffix (Chantraine Form. 99, Schwyzer 474); cf. μᾶζα μεμαγμένη (Archil.). The unclear long α must be secondary, cf. Leumann Mél. Marouzeau (1948) 380f. (= Kl. Schr. 163f.); further Björck Alpha impurum 44. From μάζα Lat. massa `clumpen, Masse' (Plaut.); s. W.-Hofmann s.v., also Leumann Sprache 1, 206 (= Kl. Schr. 172f.). Comparison with OCS mažǫ, mazati `salve,smear' would lead to *maǵ-. which is impossible as IE did not have an *a. - Not with Assmann Phil. 67, 199 Semit. LW [loanword] (to Hebr. maṣṣāh `unsoured bread'; this rather from Greek.?, s. Gordon Antiquity 30, 22ff.).

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