μυλή-φατος

Grammatical information: f.

Meaning: `handmill, mill, (Od.), (the nether) millstone', metaph. `molar' (LXX), `knee-cap, hard formation in a woman's womb' (Hp., Arist.).

Other forms: hell. a. late also μύλος m. (LXX, NT, Str.; cf. Fraenkel Nom. ag. 2,58)

Compounds: Compp., e.g. μυλο-ειδής `as a millstone' (H 270), μυλή-φατος `ground by a mill' (β 355, A. R., Lyc.; after ἀρηΐ-φατος a.o.; diff. Chantraine Sprache 1, 145); χειρο-μύλη `handmill' (X.), also - μυλος ( Edict. Diocl.), - μυλον (Cass. Fel.; cf. on βούτυρον); dimin. - μύλιον (Dsc., pap.).

Derivatives: A. Subst. 1. μύλαξ, - ακος m. `millstone, big rounded stone' (M161, AP, Opp.), cf. λίθαξ a.o. (Chantraine Form. 379). 2. From this with ρ-suffix μύλακρος m. `millstone' (Alcm.), pl. = γομφίοι ὀδόντες (H.); f. - ακρίς, - ίδος as attr. of λᾶας `millstone' (Alex. Aet.), as subst. `cockroach', also (influenced by ἀκρίς) `locust' (Ar. Fr. 583, Poll.); also - αβρίς `id.' (Pl. Com., Poll.; prob. after ἁβρός, ἅβρα), - ηθρίς `id.' (Poll.). 3. μυλών, - ῶνος m. `millhouse, mill' (Att.) with - ωνικός `miller' (pap.), - ώνιον dimin. (gloss.). 4. μυλωθρός m. `miller' (Att., Arist.); on the formation which is not quite clear cf. Chantraine Form. 373; from this - ωθρίς f. `milleress' name of a comedy of Eubulos; - ωθρικός `belonging to a miller' (Plu.), - ωθρέω `grind' (Men.); backformation - ωθρον = μυλών (Phot.)?; also - ωθριαῖοι adjunct of καλυπ-τῆρες (= `roof-tiles'?; Delos II^a, reading uncertain); beside it μυλωρός `miller' (Aesop., Poll.), after πυλωρός a.o. 5. μυλάριον dimin. `small handmill' (pap.). 6. μυλεύς m. surn. of Zeus as keeper of mills (Lyc.; Bosshardt 67). 7. μυλίας m. ( λίθος) `millstone, stone, from which millstones were made' (Pl., Arist., Str.; Chantraine Form. 96). 8. μυλίτης m. ( λίθος, ὀδούς) `millstone, molar' (Gal.). 9. Μυλόεις ποταμὸς Άρκαδίας H.; s. Krahe Beitr. z. Namenforsch. 2. 233. -- B. Adj., all rare and late: 1. μύλ-ιος `belonging to a mill' (Procop.); 2. μυλ-ικός `id.' (Ev. Luk., Gal.); 3. - ινος `consisting of millstones' (Smyrna); 4. - αῖος `working in a mill' (AP), - αῖον n. `handmill' (pap.); 5. - ιαῖοι ὀδόντες `molars' (medic.); 6. - όεις `consisting of a millstone, belonging to a mill' (Nic., Nonn.); 7. - ητικη ἔμπλαστρος `remedy for toothache' (Gal.). -- C. Verbs, all rare. 1. μυλιάω only in ptc. μῡλιόωντες `gnashing with the teeth' (Hes. Op. 530; on - ιάω Schwyzer 732); 2. μυλόομαι `be hardened, cicatrized' (Hp.). -- On itself stands μύλλω = βινέω (Theoc. 4,58) with μυλ(λ)άς f. `whore' (Phot., Suid.), μυλλός m. `cake in the form of the pudenda muliebria' (Ath. 14, 647 a; Sicilian).

Origin: IE [Indo-European] [716] * melh₁- `grind'

Etymology: The primary verbal noun μύλη (accent as e.g. μάχη) with the secondarily arising μύλος (after λίθος or ὄνος ἀλέτης?) like the primary yot-present μύλλω deviate through the υ-vowel from the other cognate words for `grind', which show an e: o-vocalism: Celt., OIr. melim, Slav., e.g. OCS meljǫ (IE * mel-); Germ., e.g. Goth. malan, Lith. malù, Hitt. 3. sg. mallai (IE * mol-); Lat. molō, on itself ambiguous, prob. from * melō like OIr. melim. In μυλ- we must assume a zero- [or reduced] grade variant (ml̥-; m<sub>e</sub>l-?) (Schwyzer 351). With μύλλω from *ml̥-i̯ō agree in Germ. OHG muljan, OWNo. mylia `crush'; on the meaning s. below, on the υ -vowel cf. φύλλον against Lat. folium. A weak grade appears also in Welsh malu `grind', as well as in Arm. malem `crush'. An u-vowel could also be found in the reduplicated Arm. ml-ml-em `rub'; (it could however also be drived from lengthened grade mēl- or mōl). The technical meaning `grind' might have been specialized from the general `rub'. As verbal noun μύλη has in Greek the character of an archaism, while μύλλω, which was degraded to an obscene meaning, was further replaced by the also old ἀλέω (s.v. and Porzig Gliederung 156), which was limited to the eastern languages. -- On itself stands μάλευρον (s.v.); remarkable and\/but suspect is the e-vowel of Myc. mereuro `meal' and meretirija `milleresses'. -- More forms in WP. 2, 284ff., Pok. 716f., W.-Hofmann and Ernout-Meillet s. molō, Fraenkel Wb. s. málti.

Page in Frisk: 2,268-270

θείνω, [dialect] Ep. inf.

A

θεινέμεναι Od.22.443

: [tense] impf.

ἔθεινον A.Pers. 418

, etc.: [tense] fut.

θενῶ Ar.Ach. 564

: [tense] aor. 1 part.

θείνας Il.20.481

( ἔθεινε in 21.491 may be [tense] impf.); other moods from an [tense] aor. 2 ἔθενον (which does not occur in ind.); imper.

θένε E.Rh. 676

, Ar.Av.54; subj.

θένω E.Rh. 687

(troch.), Ar.Lys. 821 (lyr.), cj. in Theoc.22.66; inf.

θενεῖν E.Heracl. 271

; part.

θενών Id.Cyc.7

, Ar.Eq. 640,V. 1384,Av. 1613,Ra. 855 (these forms were freq. incorrectly written θένειν, θένων, as if from a [tense] pres. Θένω):—[voice] Pass., only in [tense] pres. and [tense] impf.:—poet. word, strike, τινα Od. 18.63;

ξίφεσι 22.443

;

φασγάνῳ αὐχένα θείνας Il.20.481

;

μάστιγι.. θείνων 17.430

; [

τόξοισι] ἔθεινε παρ' οὔατα 21.491

:—[voice] Pass., 1.588;

θεινόμεναι βουπλῆγι 6.135

;

ἄορι 10.484

; θεινομένου.. πρὸς οὔδεϊ dashed to earth, Od.9.459; later

σκάπτῳ θενών τινα Pi.O.7.28

;

ῥαιστῆρι A. Pr.56

, cf. 76;

τινὰ δι' ἀσπίδος E.Heracl. 738

;

ἰτέαν εἰς μέσην Id.Cyc.7

;

τῷ σκέλει θένε τὴν πέτ ραν Ar.Av.54

;

τῷ πρωκτῷ θενὼν τὴν κιγκλίδ' Id.Eq. 640

; ποσσὶ θ. σκέλος, of a wrestler, Theoc.22.66: abs., θείνετε v.l. in E.Or. 1303 (lyr.);

θεῖν', ἀντέρειδε Id.Supp. 702

;

θένε, θένε Id.Rh. 676

(lyr.):—[voice] Pass., A.Pers. 303, Ch. 388 (lyr.).

2 metaph.,

θείνει δ' ὀνείδει μάντιν Id.Th. 382

.

3 intr., of corpses,

θ. ἐπ' ἀκτᾶς Id.Pers. 966

.

II to the same Verb, but only with the meaning slay, belong the foll. forms formerly referred to a [tense] pres. Φένω, viz.: [tense] aor. 2

ἔπεφνον Il.21.55

, Pi.P.10.46, B.17.19, S.OT 1497; [dialect] Ep. and Lyr.

πέφνον Il.13.363

, B.8.13; subj. πέφνῃς, ῃ, Od.22.346, Il.20.172; inf.

πεφνέμεν 6.180

; part.

πεφνών 16.827

(parox. acc. to Aristarch., as if from a [tense] pres. πέφνω, which is found in late [dialect] Ep., Opp.H.2.133): from the short form φᾰ (for φṇ) come [tense] pf. [voice] Pass. [ per.] 3sg.

πέφαται Il.15.140

, al.; [ per.] 3pl.

πέφανται 5.531

; inf.

πεφάσθαι 13.447

: [tense] fut. [voice] Pass. πεφήσεαι ib. 829, Od.22.217;

ἢ πέφατ' ἢ.. πεφήσεται Il.15.140

; later, part.

πεφασμένος Lyc.269

, 1374, Opp.H.5.122: Gramm. also give [tense] aor. 1

φάσαι Hsch.

s.v. φάσγανον, Phot. s.v. προσφατος, Sch.Pi.N. 1.69: [tense] aor. 2 part.

παφών Hsch.

: [tense] aor. 2 [voice] Med. ἀπ-έφατο,= ἀπέθανεν, Id. Hence also φᾰτός slain, Id., found in compds. Ἀρεί-φατος, μυλή-φατος, ὀδυνή-φατος, πυρί-φατος. (I.-E. g[uglide]hen- cf. Skt. hánti, pl. ghnánti, Hittite kuenzi, pl. kunanzi 'strike', 'kill'; g[uglide]hon- in Gr. φόνος; g[uglide]hn- in Skt. ghn-ánti, Gr. ἔ-πε-φν-ον (redupl.); g[uglide]hṇ- in Skt. - hata-, Gr. -φατο-, πέφαται, etc.)

Grammatical information: adj.

Meaning: `undecomposed', of a corpse (Ω 757 [ ἐρσήεις καὶ π.], Hdt.), `fresh', of plants, victuals, water a.o. (Hp., Arist., hell.), metaph. `fresh' = `happened lately, recently, immediately following, recens', of actions, emotions etc. (A. in lyr., Lys., D., Arist.).

Origin: GR [a formation built with Greek elements]

Etymology: Acc. to Phot. prop. = νεωστὶ ἀνῃρημένος, an interpretation, which seems to give the best solution. So to πεφ-νεῖν, φόνος, θείνω with the same 2. member as in the compounds Άρηΐ-, ἀρεί-φατος, μυλή-φατος, ὀδυνή-φατος; the remarkable development of meaning was possible as the second member became unclear (also in ἀρείφατος: also `martial'). The first element cannot be preverbal (as if from *προσ-θείνω), but has a similar function as in the nominal πρόσ-οικος, πρόσ-γειος etc.; prop. "close to the dead (killing), closely following" with univerbating το-suffix. -- Other hypotheses (to be rejected) in Bq w. lit.; to be rejected also Schwyzer 503 Zus. 2 (asking: "to *προσφα, cf. μέσφα?").

Page in Frisk: 2,601-602