μινυρίζω: Difference between revisions

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|etymtx=Grammatical information: v.<br />Meaning: <b class="b2">whimper, whine, complain (in a low tone)</b> (E 889, δ 719), <b class="b2">sing in a low tone, wharble, hum</b> (Ar., Pl., Arist.), aor. <b class="b3">μινυρίσαι</b> (Plu.)<br />Derivatives: <b class="b3">μινύρισμα</b> [[twittering]] (Theoc., S. E.), <b class="b3">-ισμός</b> <b class="b2">id.</b> (sch.), <b class="b3">-ίστρια</b> f. [[twittering]] (<b class="b3">ἀηδών</b>, verse inscr.); unclear <b class="b3">μινυρίγματα</b> pl. (Philox. 2, 28). -- <b class="b3">μινύρομαι</b> <b class="b2">sing in a low tone, twitter</b> (A., S., Ar., Call.), <b class="b3">μινυρός</b> [[whimpering]], [[whining]] (A., Phryn. Com.), [[twittering]] (Theoc.).<br />Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]X [probably]<br />Etymology: Expressive and onomatop. words, resembling <b class="b3">κινυρίζω</b> : <b class="b3">κινύρομαι</b> : <b class="b3">κινυρός</b> with which they were amalgamated in a way that can no longer be established; s. the lit. on <b class="b3">κινυρός</b>, also Güntert Reimwortbildungen 150f., Schwyzer 725 a. 735. Acc. to Leumann, Hom. Wörter 244 our series is the oldest. A remarkable similarity shows Lat. [[minurriō]], <b class="b2">-īre</b> [[twitter]] (Suet.); if not directly loaned from Greek, literarily influenced. -- Resembling reduplicated formations are <b class="b3">μιμιχμός τοῦ ἵππου φωνή</b> and <b class="b3">μιμάξασα χρεμετίσασα</b>, <b class="b3">φωνήσασα</b> H. (cf. Grošelj Živa Ant. 4, 173); from other languages e.g. Skt. <b class="b2">mímāti</b> [[bleat]], [[roar]], [[cry]], OCS [[mъmati]] (<b class="b2">mьm-</b>) [[stammer]]. WP. 2, 243, Pok. 711, W.-Hofmann s. [[mintriō]], Mayrhofer s. <b class="b2">mímāti</b>2. -- Cf. <b class="b3">μύρομαι</b>. - I have no further evidence for a variation <b class="b3">κ</b>\/<b class="b3">μ</b> as proposed by Fur. 388. Still, Pre-Greek origin is possible.

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