ἀμέργω+τὸ+ἐκπιέζω

Grammatical information: v.

Meaning: `pluck (flowers)' (Sapph.), also of olives = `squeeze'? ( Com. Adesp. 437; ἀμέργω τὸ ἐκπιέζω Hdn.). - The meaning `to squeeze olives' suggests a Pre-Greek word.

Compounds: XX [unknown]

Derivatives: ἀμόργη `watery part which runs out when olives are pressed' (Hp.; \> Lat. amurca, amurga), also ἀμόργης, ἄμοργος, ἄμοργις; ngr. μούργα, μοῦργος s. Kapsomenos ByzZ 36, 316f., Psaltes Festschrift Hatzidakis 66ff. - Nom. ag. (in metaph. sense) ἀμοργοί πόλεως ὄλεθροι (Cratin.). ἄμοργμα σύλλεγμα, ἄρτυμα H. - Unclear ἀμοργίς, - ίδος f. `stalks of mallow, Malva silvestris' (Ar.); after the island Amorgos (Taillardat, Rev.de phil. 33, 1959, 66; cf. also REG 64, 1951, 11ff.)? - The meaning `squeeze olives' suggests a Pre-Greek word.

Origin: XX [etym. unknown]

Etymology: Lat. mergae `pitch-fork' seems not related. - Though a PIE root * h₂merg- is perfectly possible, the word may also be a technical term borrowed from the substr. language, esp. if it originally refers specifically to the handling of olives (the name of the island is no doubt also a substr. element).

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