μνίον

English (LSJ)

τό,

   A seaweed, Lyc.398, Agatharch.44,83, Str.16.4.7, Ael.NA 13.3, etc. [ῐ, Numen. ap. Ath.7.295c; ῖ, Nic.Al.396.]

German (Pape)

[Seite 196] τό, auch μνῖον, Nic. Al. 396, Meergras, Seemoos, wie βρύον; von einem Fische, γλαῦκον περόωντα κατὰ μνία σιγαλόεντα, Numen. bei Ath. VII, 295 b; Lycophr. 398.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

μνίον: τό, θαλάσσιον μικρὸν φυτὸν μὲ φύλλα ὡς τὸ ἔριον, Λυκόφρων 398· ὡς τὸ βρύον· συγγενὲς τῷ μνόος· πρβλ. τὸ ἑπόμ. [ῐ, Νουμήν. παρ’ Ἀθην. 295C· ἀλλὰ ῑ ἐν Νικ. Ἀλεξιφ. 396, πρβλ. 497, καὶ ἰδὲ θρῖον].

French (Bailly abrégé)

ου (τό) :
mousse, algue marine, goémon, varech.
Étymologie: DELG étym. inconnue.

Greek Monotonic

μνίον: τό, βρύο, θαλάσσιο φυτό παρεμφερές του βρύου.

Russian (Dvoretsky)

μνίον: или μνῖον τό морские водоросли или мох Anth.

Frisk Etymological English

Grammatical information: n.
Meaning: seaweed (Lyc., Nic., Agatharch., Str.), also μνιός ἁπαλός' (Euph. 156 from EM and Hdn.).
Derivatives: μνι-όεις (A. R.), -ώδης (Nic.), -αρός (Opp., AP) mossy, weak as moss
Origin: XX [etym. unknown]
Etymology: Not well explained. By Fick 1, 521 compared with Lith. mìniava real (G.) Flachsseide, Filzgras with further connection with Lith. minù, mìnti treat(down) (Persson Stud. 75); s. ματέω. -- Cf. μνόος.

Middle Liddell

μνίον, ου, τό,
moss, sea-weed.