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1 μινυρίγματα
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2 μινυρίζω
Grammatical information: v.Meaning: `whimper, whine, complain (in a low tone)' (E 889, δ 719), `sing in a low tone, wharble, hum' (Ar., Pl., Arist.), aor. μινυρίσαι (Plu.)Derivatives: μινύρισμα `twittering' (Theoc., S. E.), - ισμός `id.' (sch.), - ίστρια f. `twittering' ( ἀηδών, verse inscr.); unclear μινυρίγματα pl. (Philox. 2, 28). -- μινύρομαι `sing in a low tone, twitter' (A., S., Ar., Call.), μινυρός `whimpering, whining' (A., Phryn. Com.), `twittering' (Theoc.).Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]X [probably]Etymology: Expressive and onomatop. words, resembling κινυρίζω: κινύρομαι: κινυρός with which they were amalgamated in a way that can no longer be established; s. the lit. on κινυρός, also Güntert Reimwortbildungen 150f., Schwyzer 725 a. 735. Acc. to Leumann, Hom. Wörter 244 our series is the oldest. A remarkable similarity shows Lat. minurriō, - īre `twitter' (Suet.); if not directly loaned from Greek, literarily influenced. -- Resembling reduplicated formations are μιμιχμός τοῦ ἵππου φωνή and μιμάξασα χρεμετίσασα, φωνήσασα H. (cf. Grošelj Živa Ant. 4, 173); from other languages e.g. Skt. mímāti `bleat, roar, cry', OCS mъmati ( mьm-) `stammer'. WP. 2, 243, Pok. 711, W.-Hofmann s. mintriō, Mayrhofer s. mímāti2. -- Cf. μύρομαι. - I have no further evidence for a variation κ\/μ as proposed by Fur. 388. Still, Pre-Greek origin is possible.Page in Frisk: 2,242-243Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό) > μινυρίζω
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μινυρίγματα — μινύριγμα neut nom/voc/acc pl … Greek morphological index (Ελληνική μορφολογικούς δείκτες)