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|Definition=μύρμηκος, Dor. [[μύρμαξ]], μύρμᾱκος, ὁ,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[ant]], Hes.Frr.14.5,76.4, Theoc.9.31, 15.45, 17.107, etc.: metaph., ναῦται θαλάσσης μύρμηκες Aeschrio 2.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[μύρμηκος ἀτραποί]] = [[μυρμηκιά]] II.2, Ar.Th. 100.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[fabulous]] [[animal]] in [[India]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]3.102; οἱ χρυσωρύχοι μύρμηκες Str.2.1.9; λέουσι τοῖς καλουμένοις μύρμηξιν Id.16.4.15, cf. Agatharch. 69, Ael.NA3.4.<br><span class="bld">III</span> [[hidden rock]] in the [[sea]], Lyc.878; esp. on the [[Thessalian]] [[coast]] between [[Sciathus]] and [[Magnesia]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]] 7.183; off [[Smyrna]], Plin.HN5.119 (pl.).<br><span class="bld">IV</span> a sort of [[gauntlet]] or [[cestus]] with [[metal]] [[stud]]s or [[nail]]s like [[wart]]s ([[μυρμηκία]]ι) on it, Poll.3.150. (Cf. [[βόρμαξ]], [[ὅρμικας]], Skt. vamrás, Avest. maoiriš, OIr. moirb, OSlav. mravǐji, ONorse maurr, Engl. pismire, [[mire]], Lat. [[formica]]: I.-E. forms perhaps momro-, momrīˇ-, memro- 'ant'.) | |Definition=μύρμηκος, Dor. [[μύρμαξ]], μύρμᾱκος, ὁ,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[ant]], Hes.Frr.14.5,76.4, Theoc.9.31, 15.45, 17.107, etc.: metaph., ναῦται θαλάσσης μύρμηκες Aeschrio 2.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[μύρμηκος ἀτραποί]] = [[μυρμηκιά]] II.2, Ar.Th. 100.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[fabulous]] [[animal]] in [[India]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]3.102; οἱ χρυσωρύχοι μύρμηκες Str.2.1.9; λέουσι τοῖς καλουμένοις μύρμηξιν Id.16.4.15, cf. Agatharch. 69, Ael.NA3.4.<br><span class="bld">III</span> [[hidden rock]] in the [[sea]], Lyc.878; esp. on the [[Thessalian]] [[coast]] between [[Sciathus]] and [[Magnesia]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]] 7.183; off [[Smyrna]], Plin.HN5.119 (pl.).<br><span class="bld">IV</span> a sort of [[gauntlet]] or [[cestus]] with [[metal]] [[stud]]s or [[nail]]s like [[wart]]s ([[μυρμηκία]]ι) on it, Poll.3.150. (Cf. [[βόρμαξ]], [[ὅρμικας]], Skt. vamrás, Avest. maoiriš, OIr. moirb, OSlav. mravǐji, ONorse maurr, Engl. pismire, [[mire]], Lat. [[formica]]: I.-E. forms perhaps momro-, momrīˇ-, memro- 'ant'.) | ||
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|wkttx=Etymology: From Proto-Indo-European *morwi-. Related to Old Armenian մրջիւն (mrǰiwn) and Latin [[formica]] and perhaps Sanskrit वल्मी (valmī). Despite the suffix -ηκ- (-ēk-), which typically indicates origin from Pre-Greek (cf. Beekes 2014), Beekes considers this to be a genuinely Indo-European term which underwent various tabooistic deformations, comparing Proto-Indo-European *wr̥mis (“worm”) (see [[ῥόμος]] (rhómos, “wood-worm”)), and notes that similar forms with a velar suffix are found in other Indo-European cognates: Latin formīca (“ant”), Sanskrit वल्मीक (valmīka, “ant-hill”). Compare [[ὅρμικας]] pl (hórmikas, “ants”). [[βύρμαξ]] (búrmax) ~ [[βόρμαξ]] (bórmax) may be related as well. | |||
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