μέλλω: Difference between revisions

|etymtx=Grammatical information: v.<br />Meaning: <b class="b2">be destined, must have; be (probably), surely, linger, hesitate</b> (Il.). (On the dev. of the meaning Treu Von Homer zur Lyrik 131 w. n. 1. On the augment <b class="b3">ἠ-</b> Debrunner Festschr. Zucker 101 f., 108).<br />Other forms: Aor. [[μελλῆσαι]] (Thgn., Att. prose), fut. [[μελλήσω]] (D.),<br />Compounds: Rarely with <b class="b3">δια-</b>, <b class="b3">κατα-</b>, <b class="b3">ἀντι-</b>. As 1. member in <b class="b3">μελλό-γαμος</b> = <b class="b3">μέλλων γαμεῖν</b> S.), <b class="b3">μελλ-είρην</b> [[who is on the point to be εἰρήν]] (Lacon.), s. Sommer Nominalkomp. 175 n. 1.<br />Derivatives: [[μέλλησις]] <b class="b2">want to act, the (mere) intention, the lingering, hesitation</b> (Th., Pl. Lg., Arist.), [[μέλλημα]] [[deferment]] (E., Aeschin., <b class="b3">-ησμα</b> PMasp.), [[μελλώ]] f. [[lingering]] (A. Ag. 1356), [[μελλησμός]] [[delay]], [[undecidedness]] (Epicur., D. H.), also [[approach]], of an illness (Aret.); [[μελλητής]] m. [[lingerer]] (Th. 1, 70, Arist.; Fraenkel Nom. ag. 2, 72 w. n. 6), <b class="b3">-τικός</b> [[hesitating]] (Arist.), <b class="b3">μελλητιᾶν τὸ μέλλειν</b> H. (like [[βινητιᾶν]] a. o., Schwyzer 732).<br />Origin: XX [etym. unknown]<br />Etymology: To the full grade yot-resent [[μέλλω]] (< <b class="b3">*μελ-ι̯ω</b>, Schwyzer 715) only later non-present forms and nominal derivations were made. -- As the concrete kernel of the meaning of [[μέλλω]] remains unknown, all attempts at an explanation are hypothetic. Old (since Froehde BB 3, 307) is the connection with Lat. <b class="b2">prō-mellere</b> [[litem promovere]] (Paul. Fest.), to which acc. to Fick further OIr. [[mall]] [[slow]], [[tardy]] (WP. 2, 291 f., Pok. 720, W.-Hofmann s. [[prōmellere]]). Acc. to Gray Lang. 23, 247 denominative to <b class="b3">*μέλος</b> [[concern]], [[interest]] to [[μέλω]], Lat. [[melior]] etc. Quite diff. Szemerényi AmJPh 72, 346ff.: to [[μολεῖν]] [[go]], with also [[μέλος]] [[member]], Lat. [[mōlior]] [[with force set in movement]] etc. [?].