μωλύω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=or μωλύνω, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[boil imperfectly]], [[parboil]], [[scald]], [[simmer]], πάσχει ὅπερ ἐν τοῖς ἑψομένοις τὰ μωλυνόμενα <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">GA</span>776a1</span> (μολυν- codd.); σκληρότερα μὲν τὰ μεμωλυσμένα γίγνεται τῶν ἑφθῶν <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Mete.</span>381a21</span> ([[varia lectio|v.l.]] μεμολ-); of a herb, <b class="b3">μωλυθεῖσα πυρὶ σμαλερῷ</b> Poet.[[deherb]].<span class="bibl">101</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">138</span>; of [[half-roasted]] meat, [κρέα] πρὸς ὀλίγον τῷ πυρὶ μεμωλυσμένα <span class="bibl">Hld.2.19</span> (μεμολ- codd.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> of ulcers, '[[go off the boil']], [[fail to come to a head]], [[subside]], [[fade away]], σκληρὰ καὶ ἄπεπτα πάντα ἐμωλύνθη <span class="bibl">Hp. <span class="title">Epid.</span>7.3</span> ([[varia lectio|v.l.]] [[ἐμολ-]]) <b class="b3">; συνελειαίνετο</b> ([[varia lectio|v.l.]] [[ἐπεχλιαίνετο]]) <b class="b3"> ταῦτα, καὶ ἐμωλύνθη</b> ([[varia lectio|v.l.]] [[κατεμωλύθη]]) <b class="b3"> καὶ οὐκ ἀπεπύησεν</b> ib.<span class="bibl">2.2.6</span> ( = [[ἠφανίσθη καὶ κατὰ βραχὺ ἀπεμαράνθη· οὕτως γὰρ καλεῖ τὸ τῆς ὀξείας κινήσεως καὶ μεταβολῆς παυσάμενον καὶ ἀποψυχθέν]], Gal.17(1).328); <b class="b3">μωλυόμενα· κατὰ βραχὺ ἀπομαραινόμενα</b>, Hp. ap. Gal.19.124; [[μεμωλυσμένους]] (<b class="b3">-μολ</b>- codd.)<b class="b3">· ἔνιοι μὲν τοὺς κατεψυγμένους, ἔνιοι δὲ τοὺς ἐσκιρρωμένους καὶ λιθώδεις ᾠήθησαν</b>, Gal.19.121; of certain diseases, <b class="b3">κατὰ τὴν ἀρχὴν ὑποβρύχιά τε καὶ μωλυνόμενα</b> (μολ- codd.) [[φαίνεται]] latent and '[[simmering]]', Id.9.898; cf. [[μεμολυσμένως]]. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[relax]], <b class="b3">μεμωλυσμένη· παρειμένη</b>, Hsch. [[sub verbo|s.v.]] [[μῶλυς; μωλύεται· γηράσκει]], Id.; <b class="b3">μωλύειν· τὸ ἐκλύειν καὶ διέλκειν καὶ μαραίνειν</b>, <span class="bibl">Phryn.<span class="title">PS</span>p.89</span> B.; <b class="b3">μωλύον κρέας· τὸ ἠρέμα διαχεόμενον καὶ μὴ συνεστός</b>, ibid.; <b class="b3">δι' οὗ μωλύονται αἱ ὁρμαὶ καὶ τὰ πάθη</b>, as expl. of [[μῶλυ]], Cleanth. ap. Apollon.<span class="title">Lex.</span> [[sub verbo|s.v.]] [[μῶλυ]]. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> also of ulcers, [[become septic]], <b class="b3">ἢν ἕλκος γένηται... καὶ μὴ ταχὺ ὑγιανθῇ ἀλλὰ μωλυνθῇ</b> ([[μολυνθῇ]] codd., quod fort. legend.) Hp.<span class="title">Steril.</span>213. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">IV</span> [[falsa lectio|f.l.]] for [[μολεύειν]] ([[quod vide|q.v.]]) in <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">HP</span>2.2.2</span>. (μωλ- confirmed by the metre in Poet.de herb. ll.cc., and by Cleanth. [[l.c.]]; prob. derived from [[μῶλυς]], cf. Demetr.Lac.<span class="title">Herc.</span>1014.58.)</span>