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|etymtx=Grammatical information: m.<br />Meaning: name of a sea-fish of the family of the breams (Sparidae), <b class="b2">Pagellus mormyrus</b> (Arist., Archestr.); details in Thompson Fishes s.v.<br />Other forms: with dissim. <b class="b3">μορμύλος</b> (Dorio ap. Ath., Opp.); also <b class="b3">μύρμη</b> (Epich. 62).<br />Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]<br />Etymology: Acc. to Strömberg Fischnamen 76 "prob. after the sound, which arises from its quick movement in the water". In the same meaning also <b class="b3">μύρμη</b> (Epich. 62). The connection with <b class="b3">μύρομαι</b>, <b class="b3">μύρω</b> [[flow]], [[trickle]] (Strömberg l.c.) is not convincing. -- After Bq and Huber Comm. Aenip. 9 p. 9 a Mediterr. word. -- Lat. LW [loanword] [[murmillō]] <b class="b2">gladiator with Gaulish helm, on top of which was a fish</b>; s. W.-Hofmann s.v. - The variant <b class="b3">μύρμη</b> makes a Pre-Greek word probable.
|etymtx=Grammatical information: m.<br />Meaning: name of a sea-fish of the family of the breams (Sparidae), <b class="b2">Pagellus mormyrus</b> (Arist., Archestr.); details in Thompson Fishes s.v.<br />Other forms: with dissim. <b class="b3">μορμύλος</b> (Dorio ap. Ath., Opp.); also <b class="b3">μύρμη</b> (Epich. 62).<br />Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]<br />Etymology: Acc. to Strömberg Fischnamen 76 "prob. after the sound, which arises from its quick movement in the water". In the same meaning also <b class="b3">μύρμη</b> (Epich. 62). The connection with <b class="b3">μύρομαι</b>, <b class="b3">μύρω</b> [[flow]], [[trickle]] (Strömberg l.c.) is not convincing. -- After Bq and Huber Comm. Aenip. 9 p. 9 a Mediterr. word. -- Lat. LW [loanword] [[murmillō]] <b class="b2">gladiator with Gaulish helm, on top of which was a fish</b>; s. W.-Hofmann s.v. - The variant <b class="b3">μύρμη</b> makes a Pre-Greek word probable.
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|ftr='''μορμύρος''': (Arist., Archestr. u.a.),<br />{mormúros}<br />'''Forms''': mit Dissim. [[μορμύλος]] (Dorio ap. Ath., Opp.)<br />'''Grammar''': m.<br />'''Meaning''': N. eines zum Geschlecht der Brassen (Sparidae) gehörigen Meerfisches, [[Pagellus mormyrus]]; Einzelheiten bei Thompson Fishes s.v.<br />'''Etymology''' : Nach Strömberg Fischnamen 76 "wahrscheinlich nach dem Geräusch benannt, das bei seiner geschwinden Bewegung im Wasser entsteht". In derselben Bed. auch [[μύρμη]] (Epich. 62). Die Anknüpfung an [[μύρομαι]], [[μύρω]] [[zerfließen]] (Vermutung von Strömberg a.a.O.) leuchtet wenig ein. — Nach Bq und Huber Comm. Aenip. 9 S. 9 Mittelmeerwort. — Lat. LW ''murmillō'' [[Gladiator mit gallischem Helm]], [[auf dessen Spitze ein Fisch zu sehen war]]; s. W.-Hofmann s.v.<br />'''Page''' 2,254
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