μορμύρω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=[ῡ], of water, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">roar and boil</b>, [ποταμὸν] ἀφρῷ μορμύροντα ἰδών <span class="bibl">Il.5.599</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">21.325</span>; ῥόος Ὠκεανοῖο ἀφρῷ μορμύρων <span class="bibl">18.403</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">A.R. 1.543</span>, etc.: in late Prose, <span class="bibl">Ael.<span class="title">NA</span>14.26</span>:—Med., = Act., <span class="bibl">D.P.82</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> metaph., θυμῷ μ. <span class="bibl">Man.5.118</span>. (Onomatopoeic word.)</span>

|etymtx=Grammatical information: v.<br />Meaning: <b class="b2">roar and boil</b>, of water (Il., late prose); only present-stem.<br />Other forms: Also <b class="b3">μυρμύρω</b> H.<br />Compounds: Also with <b class="b3">ἀνα-</b>, <b class="b3">ἐπι-</b>.<br />Origin: ONOM [onomatopoia, and other elementary formations]<br />Etymology: Onomatopoetic verb with intensive reduplication (Schwyzer 647 a. 258, Chantraine Gramm. hom. 1, 376). Such formations are frequent: Lat. [[murmurō]], <b class="b2">-āre</b> <b class="b2">mur-meln</b>', Skt. <b class="b2">múrmura-</b> m. [[crackling fire]], <b class="b2">-ā</b> f. name of a river, <b class="b2">marmara-</b> [[roaring]], Lith. <b class="b2">murmė́ti</b>, <b class="b2">murm(l)énti</b> [[grumble]], [[murmur]], Arm. <b class="b2">mṙmṙ-am</b>, <b class="b2">-im</b> (< <b class="b2">*muṙmuṙ-am</b>, <b class="b2">-im</b>) <b class="b2">id.</b> etc.; s. WP. 2, 307 f., Pok. 748, W.-Hofmann a. Fraenkel s.vv. with more forms. Cf. <b class="b3">μύρομαι</b>.