ὀμίχλ-η

ὀμίχλ-η (

A

ὁμ- Eust.117.33

and v. infr. ; a form [suff] ὄμιχλ-λα is condemned by Hdn. Philet.p.445 P.), ἡ, mist, fog (not so thick as νέφος or νεφέλη, Arist. Mete. 346b33, cf. Mu. 394a19), Hom. only in Il. ;

εὖτ' ὄρεος κορυφῇσι Νότος κατέχευεν ὀμίχλην 3.10

; so Thetis rises from the sea,

ἠΰτ' ὀμίχλη 1.359

;

ὁ. καὶ δρόσος Ar.Nu. 330

;

κονίης ὀμίχλην Il.13.336

;

ὀμίχλη ἐγένετο X.An.4.2.7

, etc.: metaph.,

ὄσσοις ὁμίχλα προσῇξε πλήρης δακρύων A.Pr. 145

(lyr.).

2 cloud-like darkness, gloom,

κατὰ νυκτὸς ὀ. AP5.228

(Maced.), cf. Orph.A. 521, etc.

3 the steam of cookery, Mnesim.4.64. (Cf. Lith. miglà 'mist.)

ὀμιχλ-αίνω,

A become dark, opp. λευκαίνω, Lyd.Mens.4.76.

ὀμιχλ-ήεις, εσσα, εν,

A misty, Coluth.208 (cj. Herm. for ἀμιχθαλόεντος) ;

βέρεθρον Nonn.D.35.276

; λαός, of the Cyclopes, ib.28.173.

ὁμιχλ-ώδης, ες, u. ὁμιχλο-ειδής, ές, nebelartig, wolkig, trübe

     ὁμιχλώδης

     ὁμιχλ-ώδης

    2

    1) туманный, мглистый

    

(ἡμέρα Polyb.; νύκτες Plut.)

    2) похожий на туман

    

(ἀναθυμίασις Plut.)

Grammatical information: f.

Meaning: `fog' (Il., A., Ar., X.);

Other forms: (Att. ὁ- w. sec. asp., cf. Chantraine Gramm. hom. 1, 187).

Compounds: ἀν-όμιχλος `without fog' (Arist.).

Derivatives: ὀμιχλ-ώδης `hazy' (hell.), - ήεις `id.' (Nonn.). - όομαι (hell.), - αίνω (Lyd.) `to become vapour'.

Origin: IE [Indo-European] [712] *h₃migh-lā `fog'

Etymology: Identical with a Balto-Slav. word for `fog', e.g. Lith. miglà, OCS mъgla f., IE * mighlā (ὀ- prothet., suffix as in νεφέλη); beside this old l-formation (to which also Dutch dial. miggelen `missle') stands partly a zero grade rootnoun in Skt. mih- f. `fog', partly a fullgrade o-stem, e.g. Skt. meghá- m. `cloud'; IE * migh- resp. * moigho-. More forms in WP. 2, 247, Pok. 712, Fraenkel s. miglà, Vasmer s. mglá; see also Porzig Gliederung 161 a. 169 f. -- To be kept separate ὀμείχω `irinate' a. cogn. (IE *h₃meiǵh-, with palatal). On ἀμιχθαλόεσσα s.v. (also Ruijgh L'élém. ach. 145).

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