μῦ: Difference between revisions

|mdlsjtxt=<br />Μ, μ, μῦ, τό:—indecl., [[twelfth]] [[letter]] in the Gr. [[alphabet]]: as numerals, μ# = 40, but *2μ = 40,000.<br /><b class="num">I.</b> μ is the labial [[liquid]], [[corresponding]] to β:<br /><b class="num">II.</b> changes:<br /><b class="num">1.</b> aeolic and [[Lacon]]. [[into]] π, as [[πεδά]] for [[μετά]].<br /><b class="num">2.</b> Attic and doric [[into]] ν, as νιν for μιν; so Lat. ne, num = μή, μῶν.<br /><b class="num">3.</b> μ is doubled,<br />a. poet. in compds., as [[ἄμμορος]], [[φιλομμειδής]]; and [[after]] the augm., as [[ἔλλαβον]].<br />b. aeolic, as [[ἄμμες]] [[ὔμμες]] [[ἐμμί]], for [[ἡμεῖς]] [[ὑμεῖς]] [[εἰμί]].<br /><b class="num">4.</b> μ is added,<br />a. at the [[beginning]] of a [[word]], as ἴα μία, [[ὄσχος]] [[μόσχος]].<br />b. in the [[middle]] of a [[word]] to [[facilitate]] [[pronunciation]], as [[ὄμβριμος]] [[ὄβριμος]], [[τύμπανον]] [[τύπανον]], etc., esp. [[after]] redupl., as [[πίμπλημι]] for [[πίπλημι]]; [[after]] α- privat., as [[ἄμβροτος]], [[ἄβροτος]].