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|etymtx=Grammatical information: adj.<br />Meaning: adjunct or apposition of <b class="b3">αἰετός</b> (Ω 316), also name of a kind of eagle (Hes. Sc. 134, Arist., Lyc.), after Suid. = [[vulture]]; cf. Thompson Birds s.v.<br />Other forms: Acc. after Hdn. Gr. 1, 173 with Aristarch;' also <b class="b3">μορφνός</b> is mentioned.<br />Origin: XX [etym. unknown]<br />Etymology: Rhiming with <b class="b3">ὀρφνός</b> [[dark]] (Güntert Reimwortbildungen 164) and like this usually explained as [[darkcoloured]] v.t. (Hdn., Suid.). By Solmsen KZ 34, 24ff. connected with Lith. <b class="b2">márgas</b> [[motley]] etc., s. <b class="b3">μορφή</b>. Similar words are <b class="b3">μοριφόν σκοτεινόν</b>, <b class="b3">μέλαν</b> H. (correct?; cf. Specht Ursprung 119 w. further combinations), <b class="b3">μορύσσω</b>, <b class="b3">Μόρυχος</b> (H. Petersson LUÅ 1916, 40), also <b class="b3">μόρον</b> (s.v.). Other proposals also start from the idea of darkness, s. Bq. -- Quite diff. Pisani Ist. Lomb. 73, 497 ff.: because of the eagle-name <b class="b3">νηττοφόνος</b> "killer of ducks" (Arist.) Aeol. with haplology for <b class="b3">*μορβο-φν-ο-ς</b> < IE <b class="b2">*mr̥gʷo-gʷhn-o-s</b> to Skt. <b class="b2">mr̥gá-</b> m. <b class="b2">big bird</b>; wellfounded doubts by Belardi Doxa 3, 214.
|etymtx=Grammatical information: adj.<br />Meaning: adjunct or apposition of <b class="b3">αἰετός</b> (Ω 316), also name of a kind of eagle (Hes. Sc. 134, Arist., Lyc.), after Suid. = [[vulture]]; cf. Thompson Birds s.v.<br />Other forms: Acc. after Hdn. Gr. 1, 173 with Aristarch;' also <b class="b3">μορφνός</b> is mentioned.<br />Origin: XX [etym. unknown]<br />Etymology: Rhiming with <b class="b3">ὀρφνός</b> [[dark]] (Güntert Reimwortbildungen 164) and like this usually explained as [[darkcoloured]] v.t. (Hdn., Suid.). By Solmsen KZ 34, 24ff. connected with Lith. <b class="b2">márgas</b> [[motley]] etc., s. <b class="b3">μορφή</b>. Similar words are <b class="b3">μοριφόν σκοτεινόν</b>, <b class="b3">μέλαν</b> H. (correct?; cf. Specht Ursprung 119 w. further combinations), <b class="b3">μορύσσω</b>, <b class="b3">Μόρυχος</b> (H. Petersson LUÅ 1916, 40), also <b class="b3">μόρον</b> (s.v.). Other proposals also start from the idea of darkness, s. Bq. -- Quite diff. Pisani Ist. Lomb. 73, 497 ff.: because of the eagle-name <b class="b3">νηττοφόνος</b> "killer of ducks" (Arist.) Aeol. with haplology for <b class="b3">*μορβο-φν-ο-ς</b> < IE <b class="b2">*mr̥gʷo-gʷhn-o-s</b> to Skt. <b class="b2">mr̥gá-</b> m. <b class="b2">big bird</b>; wellfounded doubts by Belardi Doxa 3, 214.
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|mdlsjtxt=[[μόρφνος]], ὁ, [from [[ὄρφνη]] with μ prefixed]<br />epith. of an [[eagle]], prob. [[dusky]], [[dark]], Lat. [[furvus]], Il., Hes.
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