μηκώνιον
τὸ μὴ γενέσθαι κρεῖσσον ἢ φῦναι βροτοῖς → not existing is better for mortals than being born, not to be born is better than life for mortals
English (LSJ)
τό,
A = μήκων v, Hp.Acut.(Sp.) 72, Fist. 7.
2 opium, Phld.Mort.9.
3 = τιθύμαλλος, Thphr. HP 9.8.2.
II meconium, discharge from the bowels of new-born children, Arist.HA 587a31, Gal.19.176: also written μηκώνειον, Sor.1.81.
German (Pape)
[Seite 172] τό, der Mohnsaft, Opium, Hippocr. u. Sp. – Bei Arist. H. A. 7, 10 das Mutterpech, welches neugeborne Kinder von sich geben. – Von Fischen, s. μήκων, Posidipp. Ath. III, 87 d.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
μηκώνιον: τό, ὁ ὀπὸς τῆς μήκωνος, ὄπιον, Ἱππ. 407. 39, Θεοφρ. π. Φυτ. Ἱστ. 9. 8, 2· οὕτω μηκωνεῖον, Σέξτ. Ἐμπ. Π. 1. 81. ΙΙ. τὰ περιττώματα νεωστὶ γεννηθέντων βρεφῶν, Ἀριστ. π. τὰ Ζ. Ἱστ. 7. 10, 5, ἴδε Foës. Oec. Hipp.
Russian (Dvoretsky)
μηκώνιον: τό
1 Plut. = μηκώνειον;
2 кал новорожденных Arst.
Wikipedia EN
Meconium is the earliest stool of a mammalian infant. Unlike later feces, meconium is composed of materials ingested during the time the infant spends in the uterus: intestinal epithelial cells, lanugo, mucus, amniotic fluid, bile and water. Meconium, unlike later feces, is viscous and sticky like tar, its color usually being a very dark olive green; it is almost odorless. When diluted in amniotic fluid, it may appear in various shades of green, brown, or yellow. It should be completely passed by the end of the first few days after birth, with the stools progressing toward yellow (digested milk).
Translations
ar: عقي; ca: meconi; ckb: مێکۆنیۆم; cs: smolka; de: Mekonium; en: meconium; es: meconio; fa: مامیزه; fi: lapsenpihka; fr: méconium; gl: meconio; hr: mekonij; it: meconio; lt: mekonijus; nl: meconium; no: barnebek; pl: smółka; pt: mecônio; ro: meconiu; ru: меконий; sk: mekónium; sl: otroška smola; sr: меконијум; sv: barnbeck; th: ขี้เทา; uk: меконій; zh: 胎糞
