μύρασθαι

μύ̱ρασθαι, μύρω

flow: aor inf mid

μύρω [pron. full] [ῡ], [dialect] Ep. Verb, [voice] Act. only [tense] impf.,

A flow, trickle, δάκρυσι μῦρον they trickled with tears, of poisoned arrows, Hes.Sc. 132.

II elsewh. always in [voice] Med. [full] μύρομαι (in early [dialect] Ep. only [tense] pres. and [tense] impf.), melt into tears, shed tears,

πολέες δ' ἀμφ' αὐτὸν ἑταῖροι μύρονθ' Il.19.6

;

κλαίοντέ τε μυρομένω τε 22.427

;

γοόωσά τε μυρομένη τε 6.373

, cf. Od.19.119;

ἐλεὸν μύρετο Hes.Op. 206

: [tense] aor. 1 opt. [ per.] 2sg.

μύρηαι Theoc.16.31

.

2 later, of a river, flow,

ῥείθροισι.. μύρεται Σίνις Lyc.982

, cf. A.R.2.372; αἵματι μ. trickle with blood, Id.4.666.

3 c. acc., weep for, bewail, Bion 1.68: [tense] aor. 1 inf. μύρασθαι and [ per.] 3sg. ἐμύρατο (s. v.l.), Mosch.3.73, 90.

Grammatical information: v.

Meaning: `melt into tears, bewail' (Il.), later (Lyc., A. R.) also of a river `fleet' and `drip of blood'.

Other forms: Only pres. and imf ( μῦρον 3. pl. Hes. Sc. 132) except aor. μύρασθαι (Mosch.).

Compounds: Also with περι-, προσ-.

Origin: ONOM [onomatopoia, and other elementary formations]

Etymology: If orig. of the murmuring sound, as onomatop. to μορμύρω (s.v.). The connection with Lat. muria f. `pickle', Lith. mùr-stu, mùr-ti `become wet' etc. (WP. 2, 252 doubting after H. Petersson, Pok. 742) is not to be preferred. -- Here prob. also ἁλι-μυρήεις, - μυρής (on the form Schwyzer 528), ep. adjunct of ποταμός, πέτρη etc., though the exact meaning of this conventional epithet remains uncertain ('flowing into the sea?, around which the sea rustles' etc.?; not convincing Bechtel Lex. s.v.). But μυρίος, μύριοι (prop. "flowing on like the sea"?) must be kept far like πλήμῡρα, πλημυρίς in spite of Schwyzer 593.

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