ἐμώσατο

μῶμαι

seek after: aor ind mid 3rd sg

μῶμαι

seek after: aor ind mid 3rd sg

Grammatical information: v.

Meaning: `strive, try, desire' (poet.).

Other forms: 3. sg. μῶται (Epich.), 3. pl. μῶνται (Euph. [III^a]), opt. μῳ̃το (Stob.; El. μαῖτο?, Fraenkel Nom. ag. 1, 45, Bechtel Dial. 2, 854), inf. μῶσθαι (Thgn.), ptc. μώμενος (A., S.), aor. ἐμώσατο εὗρεν, ἐτεχνάσατο, ἐζήτησεν H.

Derivatives: μῶσις f. `searching' (Corn.).

Origin: XX [etym. unknown]

Etymology: Whether the primary μῶμαι is an athematic formation or a yot-present cannot be established (cf. Schwyzer 675 n. 8). There is little support for the supposition of Bechtel (Lex. s. μαιμάω), that μῶμαι goes back on a lost perfect. The hapax ἐμώσατο is an innovation to μῶμαι. Connection with the reduplicated μαι-μά-ω and the ambiguous μαίομαι (s. vv.) is possible; here also after Fick 1, 507 Lat. mōs `habit', after Prellwitz BB 26, 309ff. Germ., e.g. Goth. moÞs ' Mut, anger'. More, also quite hypothetic combinations in WP. 2, 238f., Pok. 704f., W.-Hofmann s. mōs.

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μῶμαι, [voice] Med., [ per.] 3sg.

A

μῶται Epich.117

; [ per.] 3pl.

μῶνται Euph.157

; imper.

μῶσο Epich.[ 288]

(corr. Ahrens), prob. in Hsch.; [ per.] 3sg. opt. μῷτο Diotog ap.Stob.3.1.100; inf.

μῶσθαι Thgn.771

, Pl.Cra. 406a, Jul. Or.7.219a; part.

μώμενος A.Ch.45

, 441 (both lyr.), S.Tr. 1136, OC 836 (lyr.): [tense] aor.

ἐμώσατο Hsch.

:—seek after, covet, c. acc., Thgn. l.c., etc.;

τὸ ἀκριβές Diotog.

l.c.;

τὸ λανθάνον Jul.

l.c.: c. inf. or abs., A. ll.cc.

II meditate or purpose, c. acc., S. ll.cc. (Non-thematic mō-, prob. cogn. with Lat. mōs 'will', 'caprice'; cf. μαίομαι.)