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|Transliteration C=Morychos
|Transliteration C=Morychos
|Beta Code=*mo/ruxos
|Beta Code=*mo/ruxos
|Definition=ὁ, [[Morychus]], [[epithet]] of [[Dionysus]] in Sicily, from [[μορύσσω]], because his face was<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[smeared]] with [[wine]] [[lees]] at the [[vintage]]: [[proverb|prov.]], [[μωρότερος Μορύχου]] Sophr.94.<br><span class="bld">II</span> as adjective only in Adv. Comp. [[μορυχώτερον]] = [[more obscurely]], [[varia lectio|v.l.]] in [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Metaphysics|Metaph.]]''987a10, cf. Alex.Aphr. ad 10 c.
|Definition=ὁ,<br><span class="bld">1</span> [[Morychus]], [[epithet]] of [[Dionysus]] in Sicily, from [[μορύσσω]], because his face was [[smeared]] with [[wine]] [[lees]] at the [[vintage]]: [[proverb|prov.]], [[μωρότερος Μορύχου]] Sophr.94.<br><span class="bld">2</span> as adjective only in Adv. Comp. [[μορυχώτερον]] = [[more obscurely]], [[varia lectio|v.l.]] in [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Metaphysics|Metaph.]]''987a10, cf. Alex.Aphr. ad 10 c.
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Transliteration A: Mórychos Transliteration B: Morychos Transliteration C: Morychos Beta Code: *mo/ruxos

English (LSJ)

ὁ,
1 Morychus, epithet of Dionysus in Sicily, from μορύσσω, because his face was smeared with wine lees at the vintage: prov., μωρότερος Μορύχου Sophr.94.
2 as adjective only in Adv. Comp. μορυχώτερον = more obscurely, v.l. in Arist.Metaph.987a10, cf. Alex.Aphr. ad 10 c.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

Μόρῠχος: ὁ, ἐπίθ. τοῦ Διονύσου ἐν Σικελίᾳ, ἐκ τοῦ μορύσσω, ἐπειδὴ κατὰ τὸν τρυγητὸν ἤλειφον τὸ πρόσωπον αὐτοῦ διὰ τρυγὸς οἴνου, Σουΐδ.

Greek Monolingual

Μόρυχος, ὁ (Α)
1. προσωνυμία του θεού Διονύσου στη Σικελία, επειδή κατά την εποχή του τρυγητού άλειφαν το πρόσωπό του με χυμό σταφυλιών ή με κατακάθι κρασιού
2. παροιμ. «μωρότερος Μορύχου» — πάρα πολύ κουτός.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛΟΓΙΑ Βλ. λ. μορύσσω.