μινυρίζω: Difference between revisions

|etymtx=Grammatical information: v.<br />Meaning: [[whimper]], [[whine]], [[complain]] (in a low tone) (E 889, δ 719), [[sing]] in a low [[tone]], [[wharble]], [[hum]] (Ar., Pl., Arist.), aor. [[μινυρίσαι]] (Plu.)<br />Derivatives: [[μινύρισμα]] [[twittering]] (Theoc., S. E.), [[μινυρισμός]] [[id.]] (sch.), [[μινυρίστρια]] f. [[twittering]] ([[ἀηδών]], verse inscr.); unclear [[μινυρίγματα]] pl. (Philox. 2, 28). -- [[μινύρομαι]] [[sing in a low tone]], [[twitter]] (A., S., Ar., Call.), [[μινυρός]] [[whimpering]], [[whining]] (A., Phryn. Com.), [[twittering]] (Theoc.).<br />Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]X [probably]<br />Etymology: Expressive and onomatop. words, resembling [[κινυρίζω]] : [[κινύρομαι]] : [[κινυρός]] with which they were amalgamated in a way that can no longer be established; s. the lit. on [[κινυρός]], also Güntert Reimwortbildungen 150f., Schwyzer 725 a. 735. Acc. to Leumann, Hom. Wörter 244 our series is the oldest. A remarkable similarity shows Lat. [[minurriō]], <b class="b2">-īre</b> [[twitter]] (Suet.); if not directly loaned from Greek, literarily influenced. -- Resembling reduplicated formations are [[μιμιχμός τοῦ ἵππου φωνή]] and [[μιμάξασα χρεμετίσασα]], [[φωνήσασα]] H. (cf. Grošelj Živa Ant. 4, 173); from other languages e.g. Skt. [[mímāti]] [[bleat]], [[roar]], [[cry]], OCS [[mъmati]] ([[mьm-]]) [[stammer]]. WP. 2, 243, Pok. 711, W.-Hofmann s. [[mintriō]], Mayrhofer s. [[mímāti]]2. -- Cf. [[μύρομαι]]. - I have no further evidence for a variation [[κ]]\/[[μ]] as proposed by Fur. 388. Still, Pre-Greek origin is possible.