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|etymtx=Grammatical information: m.<br />Meaning: <b class="b2">lint pledget, lint, compress, tampon</b>(Hp., Dsc.); pl. <b class="b3">τὰ μότα</b> (Call., H.; as <b class="b3">μηρός</b> : <b class="b3">μῆρα</b> a.o.), gen. <b class="b3">μοτάων</b> (Q. S. 4, 212; verse-end); <b class="b3">μοτὸς</b> ... <b class="b3">κοῖλος</b> <b class="b2">drainage tube</b> (Hp.).<br />Compounds: Compp. <b class="b3">μοτο-φύλαξ</b> m., <b class="b3">-άκιον</b> n. <b class="b2">bandage, to retain a compress</b> (Medic.), <b class="b3">ἔμ-μοτος</b> <b class="b2">provided with μ., treated</b>, also [[ulcerating]], of wounds (Medic. since Hp.), also metaph. (A. Ch. 471), cf. Bechtel Dial. 3, 294 f.<br />Derivatives: Dimin. <b class="b3">μοτάριον</b> (Gal., EM; Lat. [[motarium]]); further <b class="b3">μότ-ωμα</b> n. <b class="b2">lint dressing</b> (Hp., pap.), <b class="b3">-ημα</b> n. [[linen]], [[oakum]] (pap.). Denomin. <b class="b3">μοτόω</b>, also with <b class="b3">δια-</b>, <b class="b3">ἐπι-</b>, <b class="b3">περι-</b>, <b class="b2">stop up, tampon</b> with (<b class="b3">δια-</b>, <b class="b3">περι-)μότω-σις</b> <b class="b2"> tampon</b> (Medic., LXX), backformation <b class="b3">διάμοτον</b> n. [[lint]], [[tent]] (Paul.Aeg.); besides <b class="b3">ἐμ-μοτέω</b> <b class="b2">id.</b> (Medic.).<br />Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]<br />Etymology: Medical echnical expressions without etymology. Arbitrary hypotheses of Prellwitz (s. Bq) and W.-Hofmann s. <b class="b2">motā-rium</b>; new proposal by Sommer A. u. Sprw. 53 f.: to <b class="b3">μοτρο-γένειος</b> H. (cod. [at alphab. unrighteous position] <b class="b3">μοτρο-γένειον σπανίῳ πώγωνι</b>; cf. Schmidt ad loc.), <b class="b3">Μοτ(τ)ύλος</b>. Fur. 182 compares <b class="b3">μόδα στρώματα</b>; if so Pre-Greek.