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|Definition=όος, contr. οῦς, also Μορμών, όνος, ἡ, <span class="sense"> | |Definition=όος, contr. οῦς, also Μορμών, όνος, ἡ, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[she-monster]], [[bogey]], dub. in Erinn. in <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PSI</span>9.1090.51</span> + ''ΙΙ'' (p. xii); used by nurses to frighten children, <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Philops.</span>2</span>: generally, [[bugbear]], ἀπένεγκέ μου τὴν μορμόνα <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ach.</span>582</span>; οὐδὲν δεόμεθ'… τῆς σῆς μορμόνος <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Pax</span>474</span> (both times of Lamachus' helmet and crest); <b class="b3">φοβεῖσθαι τοὺς πελταστάς, ὥσπερ μορμόνας</b> (<b class="b3">-ῶνας</b> codd.) παιδάρια <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>4.4.17</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> as an exclamation to frighten children with, [[boh]]!, μορμώ, δάκνει ἵππος <span class="bibl">Theoc.15.40</span>; <b class="b3">μορμὼ τοῦ θράσους</b> [[a fig]] for his courage!, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Eq.</span>693</span>. (Perh. cogn. with Lat.[[formido]], where [[f]] is due to dissimilation, cf. <b class="b3">μορφή, μύρμηξ</b>.)</span> | ||
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