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1 μέτρον
Grammatical information: n.Meaning: `measure, the right, full measure, goal, length, size, syllable- or verse-measure' (Il.).Compounds: Many compp., e.g. σύμμετρος `with the same measure, maesured, becoming, symmetrical' with συμμετρ-ία `harmony, symmetry' a. o. (IA.); περί-μετρος `exceeding (the measure)' (Od.); but περί-μετρον (Hdt., Arist.), - ος (sc. γραμμή) f. `circumference, extent' after περίοδος a. o. with verbal association ( περι-μετρέω Luc.), s. Risch IF 59, 252.Derivatives: Adj. 1. μέτριος `moderate, suitable' (Hes.) with μετρι-ότης `moderation' (IA.), - οσύνη `poverty' (pap. VIp), - ακός `moderate' (pap. VIp), - άζω `be moderate' (Att. hell.) with - ασμός (Suid.); μετριεύεται H. s. λαγαρίτ-τεται. 2. μετρικός `metrical, acc. to measure' (Arist.). 3. Adv. μετρηδόν `in metrical form' (Nonn.). 4. Verb: μετρέω, very often with prefix, e.g. ἀνα-, δια-, ἐπι-, ἐκ-, ἀπο-, συν-, `measure, measure (off), estimate etc.' (Hom.); from this (often with prefix) μέτρ-ησις `measurement' (IA.)., - ημα `measure' (E., hell.), - ητής m. "measurer", name of a measure, `metretes' (Att.; Fraenkel Nom. ag. 1, 233), - ητίς f. `id.' (Amorgos IVa), - ητιαῖος `sticking to a μ.' (Karyanda), - ητικός `regarding measurement' (Pl.). As 2. member in several verbal cornpp., e.g. γεω-μέτρης m. `land-, fieldmeasurer, geometrist' (Pl., X.) with γεωμετρ-ία, Ion. - ίη (Hdt., Ar.; also compound of γῆν μετρεῖν?), - ικός (Democr., Pl.), - έω (Att.), βου-μέτρης "cowmeasurer" = ὁ ἐπι θυσιῶν τεταγμένος παρὰ Αἰτωλοῖς H.; cf. E. Kretschmer Glotta 18, 86. -- Backformations like διάμετρος (sc. γραμμή) f. `diameter, diagonal etc.' (Pl., Arist.), ἐπίμετρον `excess, addition' (hell.).Etymology: Beside μέτρον we have with the same suffix but diff. ablaut μήτρα f. `landmeasure etc.' (Cilicia), ἐρεσι-μήτρην την γεωμετρίαν H. (s. ἔρα), which agrees exactly with Skt. mā́trā f. `measure' and goes back on an athematic present, Skt. mā́-ti `measure' (\< IE * meh₁-ti). The shortness of the ε in μέτρον as opposed to Skt. mā́tram n. `id.' finds however no agreement outside Greek; one might think of a thematic vowel after zero grade root μ-έ-τρον (Brugmann, e.g. Grundr.2 II: 1, 342); a reduced grade of IE * meh₁-- (as θέ-(σις) from θη-) is difficult: it would require * mh₁tr- to become (*) μετρ- and not rather *m̥h₁tr- \> μητρ-; in the latter case Prakr. mettam n. `measure' from Skt. * mitram (innovated after mi-ta-?) would give a direct parallel (note that mh₁etr- might rather have givem *m̥h₁etr- \> *αμετρ-); the question has not been solved yet, Beekes Laryngeals 183. I now think that at the beginning of the word the *m- could have remained consonantal. A derivation IE *méd-tro-m from * med- `measure' (not here μέδιμνος, s.v., with de Saussure MSL 6, 246ff.) would have given *μέστρον. -- An other derivation of the same verb is μῆτις, s. v.Page in Frisk: 2,220-221Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό) > μέτρον
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2 μη
μηGrammatical information: pcleOrigin: IE [Indo-European] [703] * meh₁Etymology: Old prohibitive negation, identical with Arm. mi, Skt. mā, OIran. a. Toch. mā; IE * meh₁; here also Alb. mo `id.' \< * meh₁-s.Page in Frisk: 2,222Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό) > μη
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3 μήν 2
μήν 2Grammatical information: m.Meaning: `month' (Il.), also `moon-sickle (Ion., Ar., Att. inscr., Thphr.).Compounds: Compp., e.g. μηνο-ειδής `with the form of a moonsickle' (IA.), PN Μηνό-δωρος, also μηνί-αρχος, - άρχης m. `monthly commander' (pap. IVa; after ταξί-αρχος a. o.); ἠλιτό-μηνος `missing the month' (T118; cf. s. v.), ἐπι-μήν-ιος `lasting a month, montly' (IA.; hypostasis); on - μην- as 2. member Sommer Nominalkomp. 55ff.Derivatives: μήν-η `month' (Il.; like σελήνη, cf. Güntert Reimwortbildungen 220, Risch $35d), - άς `id.' (E.); μην-ίσκος m. `moonsickle', esp. name of several moonsickle-formed objects (Ar., Arist.); μην-ιαῖος `a month old, monthly' (Hp., LXX, pap.), - ιεῖος `monthly' (hell. pap.; Chantraine Form. 49 u. 53), μην-αῖος `belonging to the month' (Orac. ap. Lyd. Mens.; prob. from μήνη); μηνιαστεία f. `monthly achievement' (pap. IIIp), but cf. Μηνιασταί m. pl. ` adorers of Μήν' (Rhodos); μήνιον n. plantname, `peony' (Ps.-Dsc.), for the astrological use, Strömberg Pflanzennamen 133.Etymology: From the Aeol. cas. obl., gen. μῆνν-ος for *μηνσ-ος etc., arose an analog. nom. *μηνς, from which with vowelshortening *μενς, through loss of the nasal and comp. lengthening μείς, resp. μής. To μην-ός etc. (with simplification of the νν) arose μήν, after Ζηνός: Ζεύς El. μεύς. -- Beside the obl. stem *μηνσ- \< IE * mēns- there was originally in the nom. a disyllabic * mēnōs- with lengthened grade or (with alternating -t-) * mēnōt-, from which came Lith. mė́uo `moon, month', Germ., e.g. Goth. menoÞs `month'. The disyllabic form (with full grade) is seen alo in Lith. mė́es-is `month'. On monosyllabic * mēns- are based both Lat. mens-is (gen. pl. mens-um) as (with loss of the -n-) Skt. mās- `moon, month'. The development of the calendrical meaning `month' was accompanied by the creation of new expressions for `monyh' ( σελήνη, luna etc.). Original connection with meh₁-'measure' (s. μῆτις) because of the role of the moon as time-measure is quite possible. -- Further forms WP. 2,271f., Pok. 731f., W.-Hofmann s. mēnsis, Fraenkel s. meṅ́uo, Scherer Gestirnnamen 61 ff.. On the Greek forms Schwyzer 279f., 286, 515 w. n. 5, 569, Leumann Hom. Wörter 288 n. 41.Page in Frisk: 2,227-228Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό) > μήν 2
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4 ἀμάω 1
ἀμάω 1.Grammatical information: v.Meaning: `reap corn, cut, (mow down)' (Il.)Other forms: Homer often has long α-, no doubt m.c. (Chantr. Gr. hom. 111)Etymology: The etym. depends on the original meaning, which in this case is not quite clear: `mow', `cut', or even `scrape' ( δι-, s. DELG s.v.) - If connected with OHG māen, OE māwan `mow' we have a root * h₂meh₁-; ἄμητος could then be identical with MHG māt, OE mæd `reaping'. ἀμάω through assimilation of h₂...h₁ or a...e or late rebuilding of *amēie- (Peters 91 n. 41), or from ἀμ- \< * h₂mh₁- before vowel + - αω. Lat. meto could be connected as * h₂m-et-. Much more doubtful is Hitt. ḫamešḫ(a)- `summer, harvest-time'. See Bechtel Lex. - Not here ἄμη `shovel' acc. to Schulze Q. 365 A. 3; Solmsen Wortforschung 195 connects it with OCS jama `pit, quarry'; Morgenstierne Acta orientalia 7, 200 connects Pashto yūm `spade'; cf. Pok. 502 (but it is doubtful whether a PIE root * ieh₂m- is permissible). - The verb δι-αμάω is separated from ἀμάω `mow' by Irigoin, LfgrE. On ἄμαλλα `sheaf' and ἀμάρα `canal' s.v.Page in Frisk: 1,88Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό) > ἀμάω 1
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5 μαδάω
Grammatical information: v.Meaning: `be moist' (Thphr.; on a disease of a fir-tree), also `fall off' of hair, also with ἀπο- (Hp., Ar., Arist., LXX).Other forms: aor. μαδῆσαιDerivatives: μάδησις `falling off of hair' (Hp.), μαδαῖος `being moist' (Poet. de herb.; after ἰκμαῖος?). - Factitive μαδίζω, also with ἀπο-, `remove the hair, pluck or singe bare' (medic.) with μαδιστήριον `instrument, place where depilation is carried on' = ευ῝στρα (Halicarn. Ia, sch.), ὁλο-μάδιστος `quite bald' (Cyran.), also μάδισος (s. below); as iterative μαδάσκομαι `become moist' (medic. VIIp). - Expressive enlargement μα[γ]δάλλει τίλλει, ἐσθίει; μα[γ]δάλλοντες τίλλοντες, ἐσθίοντες H., cf. κναδάλλεται κνήθεται H. and Debrunner IF 21, 91. - Besides μαδαρός `being moist' (Hp., Arist.), `bald' (Luc.) with μαδαρότης `baldness, falling off of the hair, the eyelashes' (Hp., Gal.), μαδαρόω `remove the hairs' (LXX Ne. 13, 25, v. l., Crete IIa), μαδάρωσις = - ότης (Gal., Vett. Val.; prob. direct from μαδαρός, cf. Chantraine Form. 279); μαδαρ-ιάω `suffer loss of hair' (Cleopatra ap. Gal. 12, 405). Beside μαδαρός there is μαδι-γένειος `with bald chin' (Arist.); cf. χαλαρός: χαλί-φρων.Etymology: On the development `flow away' \> `fall out' cf. ἐκρέω `flow away, fall out' and Lat. dēfluō `flow down', also `fall out, go out' of hairs. - With μαδάω: μαδαρός cf. χαλάω: χαλαρός and the synonymous pair πλαδάω: πλαδαρός; but aor. μαδῆσαι innovation against χαλάσαι (as λαγαρός: λαγάσαι a. o.); the morphological analysis, however, remains uncertain, cf. Schwyzer 682 f. - Only formally different are: Lat. madeō `be moist, drip, be drunk' (after the intransitives in - ēre), OIr. maidim `break (out)' (intr.), `fall to pieces' (from *'flow out, away' v.t.; can be formally identical with madeō), Skt. mádati (themat. root-pres.), ma-mát-ti (redupl.) a. o. `be drunken, fuddle oneself, swallow, be marry'; further connections, partly uncertain, in Bq, WP. 2, 230ff., Pok. 694f., W.-Hofmann s. madeō; ib. more lit. Attempt to identify μαδαρός and Lat. madidus (\< - iro-s?), in Bloch Sprachgesch. u. Wortbed. 24. - Cf. μαστός and μήδεα. - Note (as backformation?) μάδος (- ον) as plant-name, = ἄμπελος λευκή (Dsc.), because its root was used for depilation; by H. rendered with ψίλωθρον, which may indicate the same plant. Besides μαδωνάϊς = νυμφαία, `water-lily' (Boeot. acc. to Thphr. HP 9, 13; because of its humid stand?); cf. Bechtel Dial. 1, 307, who with several others changes to μαδωνία (cf. Chantraine Form. 208). - Also μάδισος δίκελλα. οἱ δε μαδιβός H., prob. from μαδίζω, s. above a. Chantraine 435; cf. τάμισος (from ταμεῖν)? On * meh₂d- see Lubotsky, MSS 40 (1981)133-138.Page in Frisk: 2,157-158Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό) > μαδάω
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6 μῆκος
Grammatical information: n.Meaning: `length' (Od.).Dialectal forms: Dor. μᾶκος (Archyt.)Compounds: Often as 2. member, e.g. περι-μήκης, Dor. - μάκης `very long, very high' (Il), with expressive enlargement περιμήκ-ετος `id.' (Hom., Arat.), after πάχετος, ἀριδείκετος, ἀμαιμάκετος a. o. (Schwyzer 501, Seiler Steigerungsformen 75).Derivatives: Beside μῆκος the sup. μήκιστος, Dor. μάκιστος `longest, highest, greatest' (Il.) with Μηκιστεύς PN (Il.; Boßhardt 93 f.) beside the comp. μάσσων, μᾶσσον (θ 203 etc.; after ἆσσον); to μακρός (s.v.) after ἐλάσσων, πάσσων, θάσσων; besides the secondary μακρό- τατος, - τερος. -- Old denominative μηκύνω, Dor. μακύνω, rarely w. prefix, e.g. ἀπο-, ἐπι-, `lengten, stretch out' (Pi., IA.) with the rare a. late prosodic terms μήκ-υνσις (Sch.), - υσμός (Eust.) `lengthening', - υντικός `which can be lengthened' (A. D.). Further derivations, also rare a. late: μηκεδανός `long' (AP, Nonn.), for μακεδνός after ἠπεδανός a. o. (Risch $38, Specht Ursprung 199); μηκ-ικός `regarding the length' (Procl.), - όθεν `from afar' (Aesop., Paul. Aeg.), - ότης f. `length' (Gal.).Origin: IE [Indo-European] [699] *meh₂ḱ-os, mh₂ḱros `long, length'.Etymology: Over against μῆκος stands with short vowel Av. masah- n. `length, greatness'; thus against μήκιστος Av. masišta-, OP maθ išta- (like comp. masyå, pos. mas-). Also elsewhere we find short vowels, not only in inherited and with the s-stem alternating r-stem μακρός (s. v.), but also in Lat. maciēs `leanness', maceō `be lean' and in Hitt. mak-l-ant- `lean'. As full grade formation, however, μῆκος agrees with the great majority of old s-stems (s. e.g. Schwyzer 511 f.). -- WP. 2, 223- Pok. 699- W.-Hofmann s. macer ; on μήκιστος, μάσσων Schwyzer 538, Seiler Steigerungsformen 74ff. a. 21 f. So for μῆκος we posit * meh₂k-, but this does not explain Av. masah-, and μακρός only if mh₂ḱ-ro- would give μακρο-; cf. on μέτρον.Page in Frisk: 2,224-225Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό) > μῆκος
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7 μήτηρ
Grammatical information: f.Meaning: `mother' (Il.);Dialectal forms: Myc. mate.Compounds: Many compp., e.g. μητρο-πάτωρ `mothers father, grandfather through mother' (Il.) and other kinship-names, μητρό-πολις f. `town, which is mother, mothertown' (Pi., Simon, IA.), ἀ-μήτωρ `motherless' (Hdt.), poet. also `Not-Mother' in μήτηρ ἀμήτωρ (S.); perh. Δη-μήτηρ (s. v.). On the compp. in gen. Sommer Nominalkomp. 147, 176f. a.o. (s. Index p. 208), Risch IF 59, 17f., 59 a. 261, Wackernagel Glotta 14, 38 (= Kl. Schr. 2, 846).Derivatives: 1. Diminutiva: ματρύλ(λ)α f. "dear mother", `brothel-hostess' (Phryn., Eust.) with ματρυλ-εῖον `brothel' (Din., Men.); Leumann Glotta 32,224 (= Kl. Schr. 250), Björck Alpha impurum 67; μητράριον = matercula (Gloss.). -- 2. μήτρα, ion. -η f. `uterus, womb' (IA.), metaph. `hardwood, marrow' (Thphr.; Strömberg Theophrastea 122 ff.), also `queen bee' (Arist.; Wackernagel Festgabe Kaegi 55 [= Kl. Schr. 1, 483] and Sommer Nominalkomp. 147 n. 4); μητρίδιος "with womb", `rich in seeds' (Ar. Lys. 549; after κουρίδιος, νυμφίδιος?). -- 3. μητρίς (sc. γῆ) f. `land of the mother' (Pherecr.; after πατρίς). -- 4. μητρικός `regarding the mother' (Arist., hell. inscr., pap.; Wackernagel l.c. 5 3 f. [= 481 f.]). -- 5. μητρό-θεν (Dor. μα-) `from mothers side' (Pi.). -- 6. Denomin. verbs: μητρ-ιάζω `honour the (Great) Mother' (Poll.; after θυσι-άζω, cf. Schwyzer 735), - ίζω `belong to the (Great) Mother' (Iamb.), - άζω `resemble the mother' (Gloss.). -- 7. PN Μητρείς (Schulze Kl. Schr. 419), Μᾶτρυς (Leumann Glotta 32, 220 [= Kl. Schr. 246]). -- 8. On μήτρως and μητρυιά s. vv. -- On μήτηρ and derivv. Chantraine REGr. 59--60, 238ff.; on familiar replacing words ( μαῖα a.o.) id. Etudes 16.Origin: IE [Indo-European] [700] *meh₂tēr `mother'Etymology: Old inherited word, which may go back on a Lallwort mā (s. μᾶ; but this is perh. rejected by the laryngeal * meh₂-) for `mother', retained everywhere except in Hitt. (which has annaš), e.g. Skt. mātár-, Lat. māter, Lith. mótė `mother' (dial.), often (also) `woman, wife', Germ., e.g. OHG muoter. More forms Pok. 700.Page in Frisk: 2,232Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό) > μήτηρ
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8 μήτρως
Grammatical information: m.Meaning: `male relative of the mother, uncle, grandfather' (Il.).Derivatives: μητρώϊος, -ῳ̃ος (Dor. μα-) prop. `belonging to the μήτρωες, i.e. to mothers family' (τ 410), then directly referring to μήτηρ `what belongs to the mother, maternal' (A.); τὸ Μητρῳ̃ον (sc. ἱερόν) `the temple of the Great Mother Cybele', in Athens used as state archive (Att.); τὰ Μητρῳ̃α (sc. ἱερά) `the temple-service of Cybele' (D. H.); with μητρῳακός `belonging to the service of Cybele' and μητρῴζω `celebrate the Cybele-feasts' (sp.) ; μητρωϊκός = μητρικός (Delos IIa). -- Side form μήτρων (Dor. μά-), - ωνος m. (Asia Minor inscr.; originating from the acc. μήτρων). -- μητρυιά, Dor. μα-, ion. - ιή f. `step-mother' (Il.) with μητρυι-ώδης `step-motherly' (Plu.), - άζω `act as step-moher' (Gloss.); as joking innovation μητρυιός m. `stepfather' (Theopomp. Com., Hyp.).Origin: IE [Indo-European] [700] *meh₂tēr `mother', *meh₂tr-ōu-s `relative of the mother'Etymology: If one connects, acc. to the communis opinio, μητρυιά with μήτρως, for which there is in fact no decisive evidence, we must start from a long - ōu- ( \> ō), of which - υ- in μητρυιά would be the zero grade (cf. Schwyzer 479 f.). With μητρυιά (prob. for older *μήτρυιᾰ, gen. - υιᾶς; Wackernagel KZ 33, 574 [= Kl. Schr. 2, 1207] n. l, Schwyzer 469 w. n. 8) cf. the close Armenian form mawru, gen. mawrui (\< *mātruu̯i-) `stepmother, mother-in-law', perhaps also the far off Westgermanic form OE modrige `sister's mother' (PGm. *mōdruu̯i̯ōn- \< IE *mātruu̯i̯ā?) a direct correspondence; the formation must then be from pre-Greek. A hypothesis on the origin (after the old word for `mother-in-law', Lat. socrus = Gr. *ἑκρύς ?; s. ἑκυρός, -ά) by Wackernagel Festgabe Kaegi 44 (= Kl. Schr. 1, 472) n. 2. -- Cf. the lit. on μήτηρ. Cf. Kuiper, Notes 56ff.Page in Frisk: 2,233-234Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό) > μήτρως
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9 ἄμοτον
Grammatical information: adv.Other forms: From there the adj. ἄμοτος (Theoc.).Etymology: Uncertain, as the exact meaning is unknown. Seiler, KZ 75, 1957, 1943f, assumes zero grade of μεν- + the zero grade of ἐν, as in ἐμμεμαώς; but zero grade of ἐν has never been shown with certainty. Forssman, O-o-pe-ro-si FS Risch, 1986, 329-339 explains *n̥-mn̥-tom memn̥wōs as `Unerstrebtes\/-bares erstrebend', with Greek and Skr. parallels. Tempting, but for the oldest formula, with Eris (twice, verse end), the proposed meaning does not fit: it is slearly `incessantly, indefatigable; and this meaning is possible with * mh₃-, from μῶλος, μόλις, OHG muojan, muodi `tired', Goth. af-mauiÞs `id.' (\< *mō-etos), Russ. maju.Page in Frisk: 1,95Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό) > ἄμοτον
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10 ἐγχεσί-μωρος
Grammatical information: adj.Meaning: usually understood as `famous for his spear' (Il.).Derivatives: Cf. ἰό-μωρος, adj. of the Αργεῖοι (Δ 242, Ξ 479). Imitation in ὑλακό-μωρος, of κύνες (ξ 29, π 4; cf Porzig Satzinhalte 239); s. also σινάμωρος.Etymology: The 2. member is since Osthoff PBBeitr. 13, 431ff. combined with Celtic, Germanic and Slavic PN, e. g. Welsh Nerto-mārus, OHG Volk-mār, Slav. Vladi-měrъ, IE *- mōros, *- mēros. Further are compared a denominative Germ. verb `proclaim', Goth. merjan etc. with the adj. Goth. waila-mereis `εὔφημος', OHG māri `famous' etc., and a Celt. adjective `great', e. g. OIr. mār. The ō-vocalism in Greek and Celt. agrees with the type ἄ-φρων: φρήν (Schwyzer 355). The form of the 1 member may be metrically determined (cf. ἐγχέσπαλος). Ruijgh, Elément achéen 93, asks whether it could contain μωρός `foolish'. - Cf. Leumann Hom. Wörter 37 and 272 n. 18.Page in Frisk: 1,440Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό) > ἐγχεσί-μωρος
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11 μακρός
Grammatical information: adj.Meaning: `long, great, high' also `deep', `tall, far, lasting long' (Il.).Compounds: Many compp., e.g. μακρό-βιος `with long life' (Hdt., Hp.), ἐπί-, ὑπό-, πρό-μακρος `rather long' (Hp.; Strömberg Prefix Studies 100).Derivatives: μακρό-τερος (θ 20 = σ 195), - τατος (Ξ 288 a. 373); besides the primary μάσσων, μήκιστος, s. on μῆκος. Nominal abstracts: μάκρος n. `length' (Ar. Av. 1131; prob. accidental formation, cf. Chantraine Form. 417); μακρότης f. `id.' (hell.). Denomin. μακρύνω `lengthen, remove' (LXX, Hero) with μακρυσμός `long intermediate', μάκρυμμα n. `things thrown away' (LXX; v.l. μάκρυνσις).Origin: IE [Indo-European] [699] *meh₂ḱ- `long, thin, tall'Etymology: Old adj., also preserved in Latin and German.: Lat. macer `meager, thinn', Germ., e.g. OHG magar, OWNo. magr ' meager', IE *mh₂ḱrós. A parallel l-formation is found in Hitt. mak-l-ant- `meager'; cf. also μακεδνός. In the sense of `long, high' μακρός pushed out inherited δολιχός; vgl. Porzig Gliederung 111. S. μῆκος.Page in Frisk: 2,164-165Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό) > μακρός
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12 μάσσω
Grammatical information: v.Meaning: `knead (dough), press a plastic material in a form, strike, wipe off, pull, represent' (τ 92).Other forms: Att. μάττω, - ομαι, aor. μάξαι, - σθαι, pass. μαγῆναι, μαχθῆναι, perf. midd. μέμαγμαι, act. μέμαχα (Ar.).Derivatives: Many derivv. 1. ἐκμαγεῖον ( μαγεῖον Longin.) `mass, in which prints are made, offprint, mould, towel, serviette' (IA.). 2. μαγίς, - ίδος f. `kneaded mass, cake, kneading trough, dresser' (Hp., Com, S.). 3. μάγμα n. `kneaded mass, thick salve, smear' (pap., Plin.), ἔκ-, ἀπό-μαγμα `offprint, duster, wiped off dirt' (Hp., S., Thphr.), μαγμον τὸ καθάρσιον H. 4. ἔκ-, ἀνά-μαξις `wiping off' (Arist.). -- 5. μαγεύς m. `kneeader, baker, who wipes off' (Poll., AP, H.), prob. directly from verb (after Boßhardt 81 from *μαγή). 6. μακτήρ ἡ κάρδοπος, ἡ πυελίς. καὶ διφθέρα. καὶ ὀρχήσεως σχῆμα H. (on the dance name Lawler AmJPh 71, 70ff.); ( ἀπο-, κατα-)μάκτης `kneader, who wipes off' ( Com. Adesp., H.), f., ἀπομάκτρια (Poll.). 7. μάκτρα f. `baking trough' (Com., X.), `trough, bathing tub, sarcophagus' (hell.; wr. μάκρα, Schwyzer 337); ( ἔκ-, ἀπό-)-μάκτρον `offprint, towel etc.' (E., Ar.). 8. μακτήριον = μάκτρα (Plu.). 9. μακτρισμός name of a dance (Ath.; after κορδακισμός; cf. on μακτήρ above) with - ίστρια name of a danceress (ebd.). -- 10. ἀπομαγδαλιά (Ar., Plu., Gal.), μαγδαλιά (Gal.; - έα Hippiatr.) `bread crumb for handwashing'; like ἁρμαλιά, φυταλιά etc. (Scheller Oxytonierung 90), but with unexplained δ (after *ἀπομάγδην?). -- 11. With auslaut. κ: μακαρία βρῶμα ἐκ ζωμοῦ καὶ ἀλφίτων H. -- On μᾶζα s. v.Etymology: For comparison we have words with final g, IE *maǵ-, esp. in Germanic and Baltoslavic, e.g. NHG machen, OS makōn `make, erect, build', if prop. `knead, form', OCS mažǫ, mazati `smear, salve'; further Celt., e.g. Bret. meza `knead'; uncertain Arm. macanim, macnum `stick fast, congeal'. On the other hand we find a final k with nasal, IE * menk-, in Lith. mìnkau, mánkau, - yti `knead a weak masse', OCS mǫka, Russ. muká `flour' and many other Baltoslavic words; from Germ. one might consider NHG mengen, OE mengan etc., if prop. `knead together'; from Skt. macate `crush etc.' (Dhātup.). Further there are a few longvowel words without nasal: Latv. màcu, màkt `press, plague' and Lat. māceria `wall)kneaded from loam'. -- Of the Greek word only the isolated μακαρία has a clear tenuis, as μάσσω (first from *μακ-ι̯ω) can be explained as a deviation. As however also μαγῆναι as well as the nominal γ-forms can be so explained (cf. Schwyzer 760), one can explain Greek if necessary with IE * menk. A suppletive system * menk (: μακαρία, μάσσω): maǵ-(: μαγῆναι) is conceivable -- WP. 2, 224, 226f., 268, Pok. 696f., 698, 730f., W.-Hofmann s. māceria, Fraenkel s. mìnkyti u. mė́šlas, Vasmer s. mázatь, muká, mjágkij; s. also Bq. - One retains some doubts however; note among other things the form - μαγδαλιά; further the supposed interchange * menk-: *meh₂ǵ- arouses suspicion.Page in Frisk: 2,180-181Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό) > μάσσω
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13 μήδομαι
Grammatical information: v.Meaning: `consider, conclude, devide, decide' (Hom.).Compounds: Rarely with ἐπι- and δια-, as 2. member e.g. in θρασυ-μήδης `with bold plans' (Pi., B.), also as PN (Il.). 2. μηδοσύνη `prudence' (hell.). 3. μήστωρ, - ωρος, - ορος m. `adviser' (Il., Hp.), also as PN (Il.); as 2. member e.g. δορι-μήστωρ m. `spear-, war-adviser' (E.), often in PN, e.g. Θεο-μήστωρ (Hdt.); f. in Κλυται-μήστρα, -η (s. on κλύω) a. o.; on μήστωρ s. Fraenkel Nom. ag. 1, 14ff., 66 n. 1; 2, 8 f., also Benveniste Noms d'agent 30, Schwyzer 530 n. 4 a. 531.Derivatives: Here 2. μήδεα n. pl. `counsels, (wise) plans' (Il.);Etymology: The primary thematic μήδομαι, from which μήσασθαι (beside old μῆστο?, cf. Schwyzer 751) and μήσομαι, is generally identified with the synonymous μέδομαι (s. μέδω). The lengthened grade (- η- also Dor., so old) is remarkable, as the relevant longvowel presents (Schwyzer 685) further prob. all have full grade. One might consider therefore, to separate μήδομαι from μέδομαι and to connect the root mē- `measure' discussed under μῆτις and μέτρον (which might be cognate with med- `measure') assuming a (presentic?) δ-enlargement (cf. Schwyzer 702 f.). A cross of * mē- and * med- may also be considered. This has to be old, as the verbal noun μήδεα has an agreement in Arm. mit-k' pl. `id.'; s. Beekes, XXXPage in Frisk: 2,223Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό) > μήδομαι
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14 μῆτις
Grammatical information: f.Meaning: `wisdom, skill, craft' (Il.).Compounds: As 2. member e.g. in πολύ-μητις `with many councils, inventive', of Odysseus, also of Hephaistos (Hom.), ἀγκυλο-μήτης `with crooked councils, cunning', of Kronos, also of Prometheus (Hom.); on the transfer to the ᾱ-stems Wackernagel Gött. Nachr. 1914, 48 f. (= Kl. Schr. 2, 11 50 f.), Schwyzer 561 w. n. 5.Derivatives: 1. μητιέτᾰ nom. a. (orig.) voc., adjunct of Zeus, `who possesses μῆτις', metr. conditioned form at verse-end for *μητῖτα, after νεφεληγερ-έτα ( Ζεύς) a.o.; with acc. μητιέτην (versinscr. Tegea), nom.- έτης (Corn.); s. Fraenkel Nom. ag. 2, 186 n.1, Risch Sprachgesch. u. Wortbed. 394; wrong Fraenkel Festschr. B. Snell (1956) 186 ff. -- 2. μητιόεις `filled with μ.', of Ζεύς, φάρμακα a.o. (δ 227, h. Ap. 344, Hes.); on the formation beyond Schwyzer 527 Fraenkel l.c. -- Denomin. verb: aor. μητίσασθαι, fut. μητίσεσθαι `reflect, devise' (Hom., Emp., A. R.; pres. μητίομαι Pi. P. 2, 92); as pres. is used in the epic for metr. reasons (after the verbs in - ιάω) μητιάω, - άομαι ( μητιόων, μητιάασθαι etc.), also with ἐπι-, συν-, (Hom., A. R.); Schwyzer 727 u. 732. Verbal noun μητίματα pl. H. s.v. μήτεα (for μήδεα?).Etymology: As orig. verbal noun *'measuring' (improb. `measurer' as nom. ag.; cf. Holt Les noms d'action en - σις 26 a. 37 f., Borgström NTS 16, 145) μῆτις has exact correspondences in Skt. māti- `measure' (lex.) and in the Germ. word, which is isolated, OE mǣd f. `measure'; the same noun is also supposed by Lat. mētior `measure'. The basic primary verb is found only in Indoiran., e.g. Skt. mā́-ti, redupl. mí-mā-ti `measure' (with a.o. upa-mā- with úpamā-ti-'distribution, measuring out'). An other formation is μή-τρα `land-measure'; ablauting with this μέτρον (s.v.). Also in the other languages several isolated verbal nouns with diff. meanings are preserved, thus Germ., e.g. Goth. mēl `time', OHG māl `point of time, (time for) meal, Mahl'. -- The unassibilated - τι- (for - σι-) has been explained from the isolated position of the archaic μῆτις, cf. Schwyzer 505 and Chantraine Form. 277. On μῆτις in gen. Porzig Satzinhalte 329 a. 336, Benveniste Noms d'agent 77. -- Further forms WP. 2, 237f., Pok. 703f., W.-Hofmann s. mētior.Page in Frisk: 2,232-233Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό) > μῆτις
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15 μῶλος
Grammatical information: m.Meaning: `battle, toil and moil of war' (Il. σ 233, Hes. Sc. 257; after these Archil. 3).Compounds: As 2. member in εὔμωλος ἀγαθὸς πολεμιστής, εὔοπλος (H.) with Εὑμωλ-ίων (Sparta); further in the words from Gortyn, which belong semantically together ἀντί-μωλος = ' ἀντίδικος, opponent in a suit' with ἀντι- μωλ-ία δίκη εἰς ἥν οἱ ἀντίδικοι παραγίνονται (H. s. μωλεῖ), ἀμφί-μωλος `because of whom a suit is carried, disputable', ἀμωλ-εί `without suit', uncertain ἀγχεμω[λία], = ' ἀγχιστεία'?Derivatives: Denom. verb. μωλέω, also with ἀμφι-, ἀπο-, ἐπι-, `be at law' (Gort.), μωλεῖ μάχεται, μωλήσεται μαχήσεται, πικρανθήσεται H. -- Here prob. also Μώλεια n. PN. of an Arcad. feast (sch. A. R. 1, 164).Etymology: Unknown. Usually with Bezzenberger-Fick BB 6, 239 a.o. connected with Lat. mōlēs `heavy mass, heaviness, effort, difficulty'; orig. meaning then *`effort, labour v.t.' (still retained in μῶλος Ἄρηος?), from where `fight' (cf. πόνος); from there with transition in the juridical sphere `lawsuit'; cf. διώκειν, φεύγειν and Trümpy Fachausdrücke 160ff., Ruijgh L'élém. ach. 95f. A quite hypothetical attempt to connect μῶλος and mōlēs morphologically with each other, by Pedersen Cinq. décl. lat. 62 (Schwyzer 425). -- Separation of an l-suffix makes connection possible with a Germ.-Slav. group, e.g. OHG muoan `burden, mühen' (with müde etc.), Russ. máj-u, - atь `tire, exhaust, tease', Lith. prisi-muol-ėti `get tired'. More forms in WP. 2, 301f., Pok. 746, W.-Hofmann s. mōlēs, Vasmer s. májatь.Page in Frisk: 2,Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό) > μῶλος
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