ἐπιμύζω
τὸ βέλτερον κακοῦ καὶ τὸ δίμοιρον αἰνῶ, καὶ δίκᾳ δίκας ἕπεσθαι, ξὺν εὐχαῖς ἐμαῖς, λυτηρίοις μηχαναῖς θεοῦ πάρα → I approve the better kind of evil, the two-thirds kind, and that, in accordance with my prayers, through contrivances bringing salvation at the god’s hand
English (LSJ)
A murmur or mutter at another's words, αἱ δ' ἐπέμυξαν Il. 4.20 (also expld. as = ἐμυκτήρισαν, Trypho Trop.p.205S.):—Med., ἐπεμύξατο Hsch.
German (Pape)
[Seite 964] (s. μύζω), dazu stöhnen, murren, Ausdruck des Unwillens, αἱ δ' ἐπέμυξαν Il. 4, 20. 8, 457, von einem unartikulirten, mit geschlossenen Lippen hervorgebrachten Laut, VLL. ἐπιμυκτηρίζω. – Das med. ἐπεμύξατο erkl. Hesych. ἐπεστέναξεν.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἐπιμύζω: κάμνω διὰ τῶν μυκτήρων τὸν ἦχον μῦ μῦ, «μουρμουρίζω» εἰς τὸ τέλος ὁμιλίας τινός, ὡς ἔφαθ’· αἱ δ’ ἐπέμυξαν Ἀθηναίη τε καὶ Ἥρη, «δυσανασχετοῦσαι ἐπεμυκτήρισαν» (Θ. Γαζῆς), Ἰλ. Δ. 20, Θ. 457. ― Καθ’ Ἡσύχ.: «ἐπιμύζει· ἐπιστενάζει, ἐπιγογγύζει». ― Μέσ. ἐπεμύξατο· «ἐπεστέναξεν, ἐπεγόγγυσεν» Ἡσύχ.
