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|etymtx=Zie COMP<br />Grammatical information: adj.<br />Meaning: [[mad]], [[furious]], [[greedy]] (Od.; on the meaning v. Wilamowitz Eur. Her. v. 1082);<br />Other forms: Also <b class="b3">μόργος ἄπληστος</b>, <b class="b3">μοργίας γαστριμαργίας</b>, <b class="b3">καὶ ἀκρασίας</b> H. And <b class="b3">ἄμαργος</b>; <b class="b3">μαρικᾶς κίναιδος</b> H. (but see under the names); <b class="b3">ἄβαρκνα λιμός</b> H. which points to <b class="b3">*ἄβαρκ-ος</b>. <b class="b3">ἄβαρτος ἄπληστος</b>, <b class="b3">οἱ δε ἄμαργος</b> H., <b class="b3">ἀβαρτία ἀπληστία</b> H. PN <b class="b3">Βάργος</b>, <b class="b3">Βάργη</b>, <b class="b3">Βρόγγος</b>, <b class="b3">Βάργασος</b>, <b class="b3">Μάργασος</b>. <b class="b3">῎Αβαρτος</b> (Paus. 7, 3, 10).<br />Compounds: as 1. member e.g. in <b class="b3">γαστρί-μαργος</b> [[gluttonous]] (Pi., Arist., Ph.) with <b class="b3">γαστρι-μαργ-ία</b> (Hp., Pl.), <b class="b3">-έω</b> (Ph.); here also <b class="b3">στόμαργος</b> (Alain Blanc RPh. 70(1996)??).<br />Derivatives: <b class="b3">Μαργίτης</b> m. name of the principal character of a satirical ep. poem (Arist., Plb.; Redard 229 w. the critical notes of Bloch Mus. Helv. 12, 59), <b class="b3">-ιτεία</b> f. [[fury]], [[madness]] (Phld.); <b class="b3">μαργότης</b> f. [[madness]], [[gluttony]], [[wantonness]] (Pl., trag.), <b class="b3">-οσύνη</b> <b class="b2">id.</b> (Anacr., Thgn.; Wyss <b class="b3">-συνη</b> 33, Porzig Satzinhalte 225); <b class="b3">μαργηέντων λυσσώντων</b> H. Verbs: 1. <b class="b3">μαργαίνω</b> <b class="b2">rage, be furious</b>, only pres. (E 882, Democr.); 2. <b class="b3">μαργάω</b>, only ptc. pres. <b class="b3">μαργῶν</b>, <b class="b3">-ῶσα</b> [[furious]], [[wanton]] (trag., Call.); 3. <b class="b3">μαργόομαι</b>, only ptc. <b class="b3">μαργούμενος</b>, <b class="b3">μεμαργωμένος</b> <b class="b2">id.</b> (Pi., A.). -- With unclear <b class="b2">e-</b>vowel: <b class="b3">μέργιζε ἀθρόως ἔσθιε</b> H.<br />Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]<br />Etymology: Unexplained. Wrong Prellwitz s. v. and Carnoy Ant. class. 24, 20. - The many variants are typically Pre-Greek (Fur.). Also the form with -ɛ- will be a Pre-Greek variant, Fur. 217 n. 72.

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