μορμώ: Difference between revisions

|Definition=[[όος]], ''contr.'' -οῦς, also [[μορμών]], [[όνος]], ἡ, [[she-monster]], [[bogey]], [[dubious|dub.]] in Erinna in PSI 9.1090.51 + 11 (p. xii); used by nurses to frighten children, Luc. ''Philops.'' 2; generally, [[bugbear]], [[ἀπένεγκέ]] [[μου]] τὴν [[μορμόνα]] Ar. ''Ach.'' 582; οὐδὲν δεόμεθ'… τῆς [[σῆς]] [[μορμόνος]] Id. ''Pax'' 474 (both times of Lamachus' helmet and crest); [[φοβεῖσθαι]] τοὺς [[πελταστάς]], [[ὥσπερ]] [[μορμόνας]] (-ῶνας codd.) [[παιδάρια]] X. ''HG'' 4.44.17. as an exclamation to frighten children with, [[boh]]!, [[μορμώ]], [[δάκνει]] [[ἵππος]] Theoc. 15.40; μορμὼ τοῦ [[θράσους]] a [[fig]] for his courage!, Ar. ''Eq.'' 693. (Perh. cogn. with Latin [[formido]], where f is due to dissimilation, cf. [[μορφή]], [[μύρμηξ]].)