μορόεις: Difference between revisions

|Definition=εσσα, εν, epith. of ear-rings, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> ἕρματα… τρίγληνα μορόεντα <span class="bibl">Il.14.183</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.18.298</span>; expld. by Hsch., and <span class="bibl">Eust.976.40</span>, as [[wrought with much pains]] (cf. [[μορέω]]), in which sense it is used of <b class="b3">τεύχη</b>, <span class="bibl">Q.S. 1.152</span>; by Apollon.<span class="title">Lex.</span> as <b class="b3">ἀθάνατα, μόρου μὴ μετέχοντα</b>; perh. from <b class="b3">μόρον</b>, [[clustering like mulberries]]. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> (μόρος) [[fatal]], [[deadly]], ποτόν <span class="bibl">Nic.<span class="title">Al.</span>130</span>, <span class="bibl">136</span>; <b class="b3">μορόεντος ἐλαίης</b>, dub. sens., <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Al.</span>455</span>.</span>

|etymtx=Grammatical information: adj.<br />Meaning: <b class="b3">μορόεντα</b> as adjunct of <b class="b3">ἕρματα</b> [[ear-pendants]] (?Ξ 183, σ 298).<br />Other forms: Only acc. pl. n. <b class="b3">-οεντα</b>.<br />Derivatives: Besides <b class="b3">μορόεις</b> from <b class="b3">μόρος</b> [[lot]], [[daeth-lot]] (<b class="b3">μορόεν ποτόν</b> Nic.).<br />Origin: GR [a formation built with Greek elements]<br />Etymology: Acc. to H. and Eust. 976, 40 = <b class="b3">μετὰ πολλοῦ καμάτου πεπονημένα</b> (from <b class="b3">μόρος</b>; after H. also = <b class="b3">πόνος</b>); therefore in Q. S. 1, 152 also of <b class="b3">τεύχη</b>. -- Prob. rather with LSJ from <b class="b3">μόρον</b> [[mulberry]] as <b class="b2">with the colour, or form, of mulberry</b>; s. Bleilefeld Arch. Homerica C 4.