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|Definition=ά, όν, Att. μῶρος Hdn.Gr.<span class="bibl">1.192</span>: <b class="b3">μῶρος</b> as fem., <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Med.</span>61</span>, but acc. <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> μῶραν <span class="bibl">Herod.5.17</span> (s. v.l.):—<b class="b2">dull, sluggish</b>, of the nerves, Hp.<span class="title">Genit.</span>2; <b class="b3">χειμῶνος ἀρχομένου μ. γίνονται οἱ ἐργάται [τῶν σφηκῶν</b>] <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>628a6</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> of persons, <b class="b2">dull, stupid</b>, μωροῦ φωτὸς ἅδε βουλά <span class="bibl">Simon.57.6</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>220</span>, <span class="bibl">470</span>, <span class="bibl">Isoc.5.94</span>, <span class="bibl">LXX<span class="title">Si.</span>18.18</span>, al., <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ev.Matt.</span>7.26</span>, etc.: Comp. in prov., μωρότερος Μορύχου <span class="bibl">Sophr.74</span>: Sup., <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>3.2.22</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> in a religious sense, <b class="b3">λαὸς μ. καὶ ἀκάρδιος</b> <span class="bibl">LXX<span class="title">Je.</span>5.21</span>,al. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> of things, δέδοικα μῶρον πυραύστου μόρον <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Fr.</span>288</span>; μῶρόν ἐστι τοὐγχείρημά σου <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>540</span>; <b class="b3">τὸ μ</b>. <b class="b2">folly</b>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hipp.</span> 966</span>; τὸ μ. τοῦ θεοῦ σοφώτερον τῶν ἀνθρώπων ἐστί <span class="bibl"><span class="title">1 Ep.Cor.</span>1.25</span>; <b class="b3">μῶρα φρονεῖν, φωνεῖν, δρᾶν</b>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>594</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">OT</span>433</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ant.</span>469</span>; μῶρα… μῶρος λέγει <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ba.</span>369</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">LXX<span class="title">Is.</span>32.6</span>; μ. βουλεύεσθαι <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ec.</span>474</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> <b class="b3">μ. ἀνάγκη</b> <b class="b2">blind</b> necessity, <span class="bibl">Epicur.<span class="title">Nat.</span>101</span> G. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> of taste, <b class="b2">insipid, flat, Com. Adesp</b>.<span class="bibl">596</span>, <span class="bibl">Diocl.Fr.138</span>, Dsc.4.19. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> Adv. -ρως <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>7.6.21</span>. (Cf. Skt. <b class="b2">mūrás</b> 'idiot'.)</span>

|etymtx=1.<br />Grammatical information: adj.<br />Meaning: [[stupid]], [[obtuse]], [[foolish]] (IA.).<br />Other forms: Att. <b class="b3">μῶρος</b> (prob. from the voc.; Schwyzer 380 and 383)<br />Compounds: Compp., most late, e.g. <b class="b3">μωρο-λόγος</b> <b class="b2">who speaks stupidities</b> with <b class="b3">-λογία</b>, <b class="b3">-λογέω</b>, <b class="b3">-λόγημα</b> (Arist.), <b class="b3">ὑπό-μωρος</b> <b class="b2">rather stupid</b> (Luc.).<br />Derivatives: <b class="b3">μωρία</b>, Ion. <b class="b3">-ίη</b> f. [[stupidity]] (IA.), <b class="b3">μωρίαι ἵπποι καὶ βοῦς ὑπὸ Ἀρκάδων</b> H. (sg. <b class="b3">μωρίας</b> m. like <b class="b3">ἐρυθ-ρίας</b> a.o.; meaning as NGr. <b class="b3">ἄλογο</b> = <b class="b3">ἵππος</b>), <b class="b3">Μωρίων</b> (Arc. Gramm.; to be rejected Heubeck Beitr. z. Namenforsch. 1, 281: to <b class="b3">Μυρίνη</b> etc.). Denominat. : 1. <b class="b3">μωραίνω</b> <b class="b2">be stupid, foolish</b> (A., E., X., Arist.), <b class="b2">play the fool, make foolish</b>, pass. <b class="b2">become insipid</b> (LXX, NT) with <b class="b3">μώραν-σις</b> = <b class="b3">μωρία</b> (Sch.). -- 2. <b class="b3">μωρόομαι</b> [[become]] insipid (Hp.). -- 3. <b class="b3">μωρεύω</b> = <b class="b3">μωραίνω</b> (LXX). -- 4. <b class="b3">μωρίζω</b> <b class="b2">be stupid</b> (Gal.).<br />Origin: XX [etym. unknown]<br />Etymology: Not well explained. Since Pictet (s. Curtius 338) usually connected with Skt. <b class="b2">mūrá-</b> [[foolish]] (?; rather <b class="b2">erschütterlich = invalid</b> after Thumb -Hauschild Hb. des Sanskrit I : 1, 271 n.) connected with ablaut <b class="b2">ō(u</b>) : [[ū]] . Brugmann Festschr. Thomsen 6 connects <b class="b2">mūrá-</b> with Skt. <b class="b2">mū́ka-</b>'dumb' (s. <b class="b3">μυκός</b>). With words of this meaning we must reckon with deviations and crosses, which makes the comparison more difficult. -- Lat. LW [loanword] [[mōrus]] [[mad]], [[silly]], s. W. -Hofmann s.v. Ngr. <b class="b3">μωρό</b> [[nursling]] (Andriotis Glotta 25, 17).<br />2.<br />Grammatical information: adj.<br />Meaning: <b class="b3">ὀξύ</b>, <b class="b3">μάταιον</b>, <b class="b3">ἀμβλύ</b> H.<br />Origin: XX [etym. unknown]<br />Etymology: On the gloss <b class="b3">ὀξύ</b> Leumann, Hom. Wörter 272 n. 18.