μύζω: Difference between revisions

|etymtx=1<br />Grammatical information: v.<br />Meaning: [[suck]] (Hp., X.)<br />Other forms: aor. <b class="b3">μυζῆσαι</b> (Δ 218), pres. also <b class="b3">μυζ-άω</b>, <b class="b3">-έω</b> (Hero, late; Schwyzer 721).<br />Compounds: Also with <b class="b3">ἐκ-</b>, <b class="b3">ἀπο-</b>. As 1. member in <b class="b3">μύζ-ουρις</b> [[fellatrix]] (Com. Adesp.).<br />Derivatives: (<b class="b3">ἐκ-)μύζησις</b>, <b class="b3">ἐκ-μυζ-ηθμός</b>, <b class="b3">-ησμός</b> [[the sucking]] (medic.), <b class="b3">μυζητής</b> m. [[caterpillar]] (Sm.).<br />Origin: ONOM [onomatopoia, and other elementary formations]<br />Etymology: Prop.. "make <b class="b3">μυ</b>" because of the position of the lips when sucking and in the end identical with <b class="b3">μύζω</b> 2. The traditional connection with <b class="b3">μυδάω</b> is semantically not convincing.<br />2<br />Grammatical information: v.<br />Meaning: [[mutter]], [[moan]] (Hp., A., Ar., Arist.),<br />Other forms: aor. <b class="b3">μύξαι</b> (Men.), fut. <b class="b3">μύξω</b> (D.L.), perf. ptc. <b class="b3">μεμυζότε</b> (Antim.; after Hom. <b class="b3">πεφυζότες</b>).<br />Compounds: Also with <b class="b3">ἐπι-</b> in <b class="b3">ἐπέμυξαν</b> (Δ 20), <b class="b3">ἐπεμύξατο ἐπεστέναξεν</b>, <b class="b3">ἐπεγόγγυσεν</b> H.<br />Derivatives: <b class="b3">μυγμός</b> m. [[moaning]], [[sigh]] (A., Arist.), also <b class="b2">the producing of the sound μ (D. T.); besides μυχμός `id.</b> (ω 416; cf. Schwyzer 206 n. 1).<br />Origin: ONOM [onomatopoia, and other elementary formations]<br />Etymology: Prop. "say <b class="b3">μῦ</b> ([[mu]])", old onomatopoetic formation with several agreeing forms, e.g. Lat. [[mūgiō]] [[roar]], Hitt. [[mugāizzi]] [[pray]], [[ask]], [[beseech]], OHG [[muckazzen]] [[mucken]], talk slowly' etc.; further s. [[μύσσομαι]] and <b class="b3">μυκάομαι</b>, also [[μῦθος]] and [[μύω]] (?).