μύδρος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ὁ, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[anvil]] of stone or metal, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Fr.</span>307</span> (reading <b class="b3">μύδρος</b>) <b class="b3">; τύπτεσθαι μύδρος</b>, i. e. as hard as an [[anvil]], <span class="bibl">Antiph.195.3</span>; also the <b class="b2">redhot mass of iron</b> on the anvil, <span class="bibl">Call.<span class="title">Dian.</span>49</span>, <span class="bibl">Nic.<span class="title">Al.</span>50</span>; <b class="b3">μύδρους αἴρειν χεροῖν</b> hold <b class="b2">red-hot iron</b> in the hands, as an ordeal, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>264</span>; μύδρον σιδήρεον κατεπόντωσαν <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.165</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Ath.</span>23.5</span>, <span class="title">IG</span>12.682 (prob.), <span class="bibl">Call.<span class="title">Fr.</span>209</span>; <b class="b3">Πακτώλιος μ</b>. [[lump]] [of gold] from Pactolus, Lyc.272; <b class="b3">μ. διάπυρος</b> a red-hot [[mass of stone or metal]], of the sun, Anaxag. ap. <span class="bibl">D.L.2.8</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">15</span>, Archel. in <span class="title">Placit.</span>2.13.6, <span class="bibl">Ph.1.623</span>; ἀστέρος μ. <span class="bibl">Critias 25.35</span> D.; <b class="b3">μ. διάπυροι</b> the stones thrown out by Aetna, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Mu.</span>395b23</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Str.6.2.8</span>; also, of <b class="b2">red-hot stones</b> or [[pieces of metal]], thrown into a liquid to vaporize it, <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Mul.</span>2.134</span>: generally, a [[stone]], <span class="bibl">Orph.<span class="title">A.</span>896</span>; <b class="b3">ὁ ἀὴρ διάπυρος καὶ μ. γενόμενος</b> dub. in <span class="bibl">Hp. <span class="title">Flat.</span>8</span>; <b class="b3">μύδρος κίων παχὺς ἄξυστος</b> (sine interpr.) <span class="title">Gloss.</span> (Not in Hom. exc. in a spurious line read by some after <span class="bibl">Il.15.21</span>.) (Cf. <b class="b3">σμύδρος</b>.)</span>

|etymtx=Grammatical information: m.<br />Meaning: <b class="b2">in fire glowed metal-, iron-mass, glowing stones (of a volcano) etc.</b> (Ion., A., S., Antiph., Arist.; on themeaning Kagarow Eos 31, 195 ff.);<br />Other forms: <b class="b3">σμύδρος</b> s. below.<br />Compounds: As 1. member in <b class="b3">μυδροκτυπέω</b> (A.), <b class="b3">-κτύπος</b> (E.) <b class="b2">forge\/ing glowing iron</b>.<br />Derivatives: Besides <b class="b3">σμύδρος διάπυρος σίδηρος</b> H.<br />Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]<br />Etymology: As medic. technical term <b class="b3">μυδρί-ασις</b>, Ion. <b class="b3">-ησις</b> f. <b class="b2">broadening of the pupils</b> (Cels., Gal., Cael. Aur.), as if from <b class="b3">*μυδρ-ιάω</b>, about "glow like metal" (cf. Schwyzer 732); reason fo the name uncertain. Uncertain. If with Benfey, Curtius a.o. to <b class="b3">μυδάω</b> (cf. Debrunner IF 23, 5 u. 9), <b class="b3">μύδρος</b> indicated orig. the molten, flowing mass of metal as opposed to the hard iron etc. -- To be rejected Hofmann Et. Wb. (to <b class="b3">σμύ-χω</b> etc.). - The technical meaning rather suggest a Pre=Greek word, which may be confirmed by <b class="b3">σμύδρος</b>.