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1 μῆριγξ
Grammatical information: ?Meaning: ἄκανθα γινομένη ἐν τοῖς ἐρίοις τῶν προβάτων H.;Derivatives: Besides σμῆριγξ πόα, καὶ εἶδος ἀκάνθης, σμήριγγες πλεκταί, σειραί. βόστρυχοι. καὶ τῶν κυνῶν ἐν τοῖς μηροῖς καὶ τοῖς αὑχέσιν ὀρθαὶ τρίχες H.; kind of hairdress (Lyc. 37, Poll. 2, 22).Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]Etymology: In the sense of ' πλεκταί, σειραί' σμῆριγξ agrees with μήρινθος (s. v.); the, as it seems, more usual meaning `breast v. t.' is however rather far off. It is therefore doubtful, whether the words, as was assumed (Chantraine Mél. Glotz [Paris 1932] 165, Schwyzer 498, v. Windekens Le Pelasgique 121), were originally connected; the supposedly ocasional(?) meaning `rope, string' may have been caused through the similarity with μήρινθος, μηρύω. The meaning ' ἐν τοῖς μηροῖς... τρίχες' will be an attempt to connect μῆριγξ with μηρός. -- No solution. Fur. 289 n. 78 separates the word = ἄκανθα from the others. Clearly a Pre-Greek word.Page in Frisk: 2,230Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό) > μῆριγξ
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2 μέρμις
μέρμις, -ῑθοςGrammatical information: f.Meaning: `band, string' (κ 23, D. S. 3, 21), dat. pl. - θαις (Agatharch. 47); acc. sg. - θον (H.), nom. - θος (Zonar.).Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]Etymology: Formation like ἕλμις ( μέρμινθα v. l. D. S. l. c. like ἕλμινθος etc.), ὄρνις γέλγις a. o. (Schwyzer 510, Chantraine 366). Further analysis unknown; a suffixal - μι- (with θ-enlargement) is possible; broken reduplication may be considered. A primary verb mer- `twist, bind' (WP. 2, 272 a. Pok. 733) is nowhere attested; cognates have been supposed in μηρύω as well as in βρόχος and μάραθ(ρ)ον (s. vv.), both without further confirmation. For foreign (Pre-Greek) origin Chantraine l.c., Deroy Glotta 35, 191ff. Fur. 289 compares μήρινθος, σμήρινθος `string, thread' and further σμῆριγξ `hair', σμήριγγες πλεκταί, σειραί, βόστρυχοι H.Page in Frisk: 2,211Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό) > μέρμις
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3 μήρινθος
Grammatical information: f.; on the gender Schwyzer-Debrunner 34 n. 2.Meaning: `cord, thread' (Il.).Other forms: σμήρινθος f. (Pl. Lg. 644 e; σ- secondary; cf. Schwyzer 311, without sufficient ground). Cf. μήρινς Orph. A. 597. Cf. further σμῆριγξ, - ιγγος `hair' (Lyc. Poll. 2,22, H.); σμήριγγες πλεκταί, σειραί, βόστρυχοι Η.Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]Etymology: Because of the suffix μήρινθος is probably Pre-Greek (Schwyzer 510, Chantraine Form. 371), but one assumed adaptation to the prob.\/perh. inherited μηρύομαι, for which there is little reason; s.s.v. μηρύομαι. - Acc. to v. Blumenthal IF 48, 50 prop. `bowstring' to Aegaean mēr- `bow' in Μηρ-ιόνης.See also: s. μηρύομαι.Page in Frisk: 2,230Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό) > μήρινθος
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μήριγξ — μῆριγξ και σμῆριγξ, ἡ (Α) 1. σκληρή τρίχα, γουρουνότριχα 2. (κατά τον Ησύχ.) α) (ο τ. μῆριγξ) «ἄκανθα γινομένη ἐν τοῑς ἐρίοις τῶν προβάτων» β) (ο τ. σμῆριγξ) «πόα καὶ εἶδος ἀκάνθης, σμήριγγες πλεκταί, σειραί, βόστρυχοι, καὶ τῶν κυνῶν ἐν τοῑς… … Dictionary of Greek
