μόλγης

μόλγης

weight of seven minae: fem nom sg

μολβίς, ίδος, ἡ,

A weight of seven minae, Hsch. [full] μόλγης, ητος, ὁ, = μοχθηρός, Crates Gramm. ap. Sch.Ar.Eq. 959; cf.

μολγός 11

.

μολγός, ὁ, Tarentine word for βόειος ἀσκός, Poll.10.187: μ. γενέσθαι δεῖ σε,

A = ἀσκὸν δεδάρθαι (v.

ἀσκός 5

fin.), Ar.Eq. 963; μολγὸν αἵνειν (ἀνεῖν), = ἀσκὸν δείρειν, dub. cj. in Ar.Frr.101,694.

II = μόλγης, Suid.

III = ἀκόλουθος (fem.), Blaes.4.

IV μολγῶ· νέφος, Hsch.

Grammatical information: m.

Meaning: `bag of cowhide' (Ar. Eq. 963, D. C.), after Poll. 10, 187 Tarentinian.

Derivatives: μόλγινος `of oxhide' (Theodorid. ap. Poll. 10, 187); μόλγης, - ητος m. (as πένης, πλάνης a.o.) = μοχθηρός (Crates Gramm. ap. sch. Ar. Eq. 959), in the same meaning also μολγός (Suid.).

Origin: LW [a loanword which is (probably) not of Pre-Greek origin] Thrac.

Etymology: Differs only in the velar (and accent) from a Germ. word for `bag, pouch': OHG malaha, MHG malhe `leather bag', OWNo. malr `bag', IE *mólko- (e.g. Fick 3, 316); so Gr. - γ- from a loan, perh. from Thracian? (WP. 2, 308, Pok. 747). After G. Meyer IF 1, 325 as Tarentine to Goth. balgs `ballows, bag' through Messap.-Illyr. mediation. Thus Vendryes BSL 41, 134ff.: to Goth. balgs, Celt., e.g. Ir. bolg, and first from Thrac.; orig. central- or even northeuropean; μολγός phonetically influenced by ἀμέλγω(?). Fur. 126 assumes a "vorindogermanisches Wanderwort". Cf. Taillardat Images $ 160 and 209 (also on the meaning `glutton, κίναιδος'); also id. REGr. 64(1951)10ff.

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