μῶραν

μωρά̱ν, μωρός

dull: fem acc sg (attic doric aeolic)

μώρᾱν, μωρός

dull: fem acc sg (attic doric aeolic)

μωρός, ά, όν, [dialect] Att. [full] μῶρος Hdn.Gr.1.192: μῶρος as fem., E.Med.61, but acc.

A

μῶραν Herod.5.17

(s. v.l.):—dull, sluggish, of the nerves, Hp.Genit.2; χειμῶνος ἀρχομένου μ. γίνονται οἱ ἐργάται [ τῶν σφηκῶν] Arist.HA 628a6.

2 of persons, dull, stupid,

μωροῦ φωτὸς ἅδε βουλά Simon.57.6

, cf. S.Ant. 220, 470, Isoc.5.94, LXXSi.18.18, al., Ev.Matt.7.26, etc.: [comp] Comp. in prov.,

μωρότερος Μορύχου Sophr.74

: [comp] Sup., X.An.3.2.22.

b in a religious sense, λαὸς μ. καὶ ἀκάρδιος LXXJe.5.21,al.

3 of things,

δέδοικα μῶρον πυραύστου μόρον A.Fr. 288

;

μῶρόν ἐστι τοὐγχείρημά σου S.OT 540

; τὸ μ. folly, E.Hipp. 966;

τὸ μ. τοῦ θεοῦ σοφώτερον τῶν ἀνθρώπων ἐστί 1 Ep.Cor.1.25

; μῶρα φρονεῖν, φωνεῖν, δρᾶν, S.Aj. 594, OT 433, Ant. 469;

μῶρα.. μῶρος λέγει E.Ba. 369

, cf. LXXIs.32.6;

μ. βουλεύεσθαι Ar.Ec. 474

.

b μ. ἀνάγκη blind necessity, Epicur.Nat. 101 G.

4 of taste, insipid, flat, Com. Adesp. 596, Diocl.Fr.138, Dsc.4.19.

II Adv. - ρως X.An.7.6.21. (Cf. Skt. mūrás 'idiot'.)

Grammatical information: adj.

Meaning: `stupid, obtuse, foolish' (IA.).

Other forms: Att. μῶρος (prob. from the voc.; Schwyzer 380 and 383)

Compounds: Compp., most late, e.g. μωρο-λόγος `who speaks stupidities' with - λογία, - λογέω, - λόγημα (Arist.), ὑπό-μωρος `rather stupid' (Luc.).

Derivatives: μωρία, Ion. - ίη f. `stupidity' (IA.), μωρίαι ἵπποι καὶ βοῦς ὑπὸ Άρκάδων H. (sg. μωρίας m. like ἐρυθ-ρίας a.o.; meaning as NGr. ἄλογο = ἵππος), Μωρίων (Arc. Gramm.; to be rejected Heubeck Beitr. z. Namenforsch. 1, 281: to Μυρίνη etc.). Denominat.: 1. μωραίνω `be stupid, foolish' (A., E., X., Arist.), `play the fool, make foolish', pass. `become insipid' (LXX, NT) with μώραν-σις = μωρία (Sch.). -- 2. μωρόομαι `become insipid (Hp.). -- 3. μωρεύω = μωραίνω (LXX). -- 4. μωρίζω `be stupid' (Gal.).

Origin: XX [etym. unknown]

Etymology: Not well explained. Since Pictet (s. Curtius 338) usually connected with Skt. mūrá- `foolish' (?; rather `erschütterlich = invalid' after Thumb -Hauschild Hb. des Sanskrit I: 1, 271 n.) connected with ablaut ō(u): ū. Brugmann Festschr. Thomsen 6 connects mūrá- with Skt. mū́ka-'dumb' (s. μυκός). With words of this meaning we must reckon with deviations and crosses, which makes the comparison more difficult. -- Lat. LW [loanword] mōrus `mad, silly', s. W. -Hofmann s.v. Ngr. μωρό `nursling' (Andriotis Glotta 25, 17).

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