μορμολύκειον
Οὐ γὰρ ἀργίας ὤνιον ἡ ὑγίεια καὶ ἀπραξίας, ἅ γε δὴ μέγιστα κακῶν ταῖς νόσοις πρόσεστι, καὶ οὐδὲν διαφέρει τοῦ τὰ ὄμματα τῷ μὴ διαβλέπειν καὶ τὴν φωνὴν τῷ μὴ φθέγγεσθαι φυλάττοντος ὁ τὴν ὑγίειαν ἀχρηστίᾳ καὶ ἡσυχίᾳ σῴζειν οἰόμενος → For health is not to be purchased by idleness and inactivity, which are the greatest evils attendant on sickness, and the man who thinks to conserve his health by uselessness and ease does not differ from him who guards his eyes by not seeing, and his voice by not speaking
German (Pape)
[Seite 207] τό (μορμολύττω), ein Schreckbild, Popanz, Schrecker, Μολοττικοὺς τρέφουσι, μορμολύκεια τοῖς μοιχοῖς, κύνας, Ar. Th. 417; Frg. 97. 187; μὴ δεδιέναι τὸν θάνατον ὥσπερ μορμολύκεια, Plat. Phaed. 77 e; Luc. Philops. 25 Tor. 24, oft.
French (Bailly abrégé)
c. μορμολυκεῖον.
Mantoulidis Etymological
(=φόβητρο). Ἀπό το μορμολύττομαι (=φοβερίζω) πού παράγεται ἀπό τό μόρμορος (=φόβος) (ρίζα μυρἠχοποίητη → μορμύρω, μορμυρίζω). Ἴσως ἀκόμη νά παράγεται ἀπό τό Μορμώ (=θηλυκό τέρας, φοβερό, μέ τό ὁποῖο οἱ παραμάνες φοβέριζαν τά παιδιά) + λύκος.
Translations
bogeyman
Arabic Moroccan Arabic: بوعو, بو خنشة; Basque: hamalau-zaku; Catalan: home del sac, papu; Chinese Mandarin: 怪物, 魔鬼; Czech: bubák; Danish: bussemand, bøhmand; Dutch: boeman, bietebauw; Esperanto: infantimigulo; Estonian: koll; Finnish: mörkö; French: croque-mitaine; Galician: sacaúntos, coco, sacamanteigas, papón; German: Butzemann; Greek: μπαμπούλας; Ancient Greek: Ἀλφιτώ, Γοργόνειον, Λάμια, μορμολύκα, μορμολυκεῖον, μορμολύκειον, μορμολύκη, μορμολυκία, μορμόρυξις, μορμώ, Μορμώ; Hungarian: krampusz, mumus; Italian: uomo nero, babau; Japanese: ブギーマン, 小鬼; Korean: 꼬마 도깨비, 부기맨; Ladino: bambaruto; Latgalian: buba; Latin: larva; Latvian: bubulis; Lithuanian: baubas, bubulis; Norman: croque-mitaine, barbou; Norwegian: busemann; Persian: لولو sg; Polish: czarny lud; Portuguese: bicho-papão, homem do saco, papa-figos; Romanian: baubau, omul negru, gogoriță; Russian: бука, бабай, страшилище, домовой, бугимен; Serbo-Croatian: babaroga, бабарога; Spanish: coco, cuco, cucuy, sacamantecas, hombre del saco; Tajik: буҷӣ; Turkish: gulyabani, hortlak, öcü, karakoncolos, umacı; Vietnamese: ngoáo ộp
