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|etymtx=Meaning: only ptc. pf. <b class="b3">μεμορυχμένος</b> (v.l. <b class="b3">-γ-</b>) [[defiled]], [[blackened]] (ν 435, Nic., Q. S., Opp.), also opt. aor. 2. sg. <b class="b3">μορύξαις</b> <b class="b2">one should besmear</b> (Nic. Al. 144).<br />Derivatives: Beside <b class="b3">μορυχώτερον</b> comp. as adv. [[darker]] (v.l. in Arist. Metaph. 987 a 10), <b class="b3">Μόρυχος</b> surn. of Dionysos in Sicily (Sophr. 94; as his face was besmeart with yeast at the wine-harvest ), also name of a tragic poet (Ar.) with <b class="b3">Μορυχία οἰκία</b> (Pl. Phdr. 227b); s. Praechter Herm. 42, 647. On <b class="b3">Μόρυχος</b> cf. <b class="b3">ἥσυχος</b>, <b class="b3">βόστρυχος</b> uad the popular words in <b class="b3">-χος</b>, s. Chantraine Form. 402 ff.; a backformation from <b class="b3">μορύσσω</b> (with anal. <b class="b3">-ύσσω</b>, Schwyzer 733) is possible.<br />Origin: XX [etym. unknown]<br />Etymology: On <b class="b3">Μόρυχος</b> cf. <b class="b3">ἥσυχος</b>, <b class="b3">βόστρυχος</b> and the popular words in <b class="b3">-χος</b>, s. Chantraine Form. 402 ff.; a backformation from <b class="b3">μορύσσω</b> (with anal. <b class="b3">-ύσσω</b>, Schwyzer 733) is possible. Possible Greek cognates are mentioned under <b class="b3">μόρφνος</b> (s..); outside Greek some Slavic words for <b class="b2">smear etc.</b> may be considered, e.g. Russ. <b class="b2">mará-ju</b>, <b class="b2">-tь</b> <b class="b2">smear, stain etc.</b> (IE <b class="b2">mōr-</b>), s. Vasmer s.v. with more forms. Uncertain considerations from Armenian (after H. Petersson LUÅ 1916, 40) in WP. 2, 280, Pok. 734, Hofmann Et. Wb. s. v. Other combinations (to <b class="b3">μύρον</b>, <b class="b3">σμύρις</b>; after L. Meyer 4, 404f., Torp in Fick 3, 527) in Bq. - If the word is Pre-Greek, it could stand for <b class="b3">*μαρυ-</b>.

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