μαραυγέω

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English (LSJ)

   A contract the pupil when exposed to light, of cats' eyes, Plu. 2.376f, cf. 599f.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

μᾰραυγέω: θαμβώνομαι, σκοτίζομαι, ἐπὶ τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν, αἱ ἐν τοῖς ὄμμασιν αὐτοῦ κόραι... δοκοῦσι λεπτύνεσθαι καὶ μαραυγεῖν Πλούτ. 2. 376Ε, 599F· ἴδε Ἑρμμάν. Πονημ. 4. 268. (Ἐκ τοῦ μαραίνω, αὐγή, πρβλ. Λοβεκ. Φρύν. 671· ἢ ἐκ τοῦ μαρμαίρω, αὐγή).

French (Bailly abrégé)

-ῶ :
être ébloui, avoir un éblouissement.
Étymologie: DELG μαρμάρεος et αὐγή.

Russian (Dvoretsky)

μᾰραυγέω: терять зрение, слепнуть Plut.

Frisk Etymological English

Grammatical information: v.
Meaning: contract the pupils when exposed to light, be blinded, of the pupils of a cat (Plu.).
Derivatives: μαραυγ-ία flicker, be blinded (Archyt. ap. Stch. 3, 1), also (-γεια) a fishname (Xenokr.); because of the look(?) (Strömberg Fischnamen 42 f.).
Origin: XX [etym. unknown]
Etymology: Expressive compound with 2. member las in χρυσ-, σκι-, βολ-αυγέω and with adj. or verbal 1. member, so either to μαρμάρεος (μαρμάρεαι αὑγαί Ar. Nu. 187 [lyr.]) or to μαρμαίρω (s. v.) like e.g. εἰλυ-σπάομαι, δνο-παλίζω (s. vv.).