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μορμολύκη

From LSJ

Ζῆν οὐκ ἄξιος, ὅτῳ μηδὲ εἷς ἐστι χρηστὸς φίλοςLife is not worth living if you do not have at least one friend.

Democritus, DK 68b22
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Transliteration A: mormolýkē Transliteration B: mormolykē Transliteration C: mormolyki Beta Code: mormolu/kh

English (LSJ)

Dor. μορμολύκα [υ], ἡ, = μορμολυκεῖον (bogey, hobgoblin, mask) 1, Sophr. 9, Str. 1.2.8 ; — also μορμολυκία, ἡ, Philostr. VA 4.25 (s.v.l.).

German (Pape)

[Seite 207] ὴ, = Vorigem, Strab. 1, 2, 8.

Greek Monolingual

η (Α μορμολύκη και δωρ. τ. μορμολύκα)
νεοελλ.
ζωολ. γένος κολεόπτερων εντόμων της οικογένειας carabidae
αρχ.
μορμολύκειο.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. Υποχωρητ. παρ. του ρ. μορμολύττομαι].

Translations

bogeyman

Arabic Moroccan Arabic: بوعو‎, بو خنشة‎; Basque: hamalau-zaku; Catalan: home del sac, papu; Chinese Mandarin: 怪物, 魔鬼; Czech: bubák; Danish: bussemand, bøhmand; Dutch: boeman, bietebauw; Esperanto: infantimigulo; Estonian: koll; Finnish: mörkö; French: croque-mitaine; Galician: sacaúntos, coco, sacamanteigas, papón; German: Butzemann; Greek: μπαμπούλας; Ancient Greek: Ἀλφιτώ, Γοργόνειον, Λάμια, μορμολύκα, μορμολυκεῖον, μορμολύκειον, μορμολύκη, μορμολυκία, μορμόρυξις, μορμώ, Μορμώ; Hungarian: krampusz, mumus; Italian: uomo nero, babau; Japanese: ブギーマン, 小鬼; Korean: 꼬마 도깨비, 부기맨; Ladino: bambaruto; Latgalian: buba; Latin: larva; Latvian: bubulis; Lithuanian: baubas, bubulis; Norman: croque-mitaine, barbou; Norwegian: busemann; Persian: لولو‎ sg; Polish: czarny lud; Portuguese: bicho-papão, homem do saco, papa-figos; Romanian: baubau, omul negru, gogoriță; Russian: бука, бабай, страшилище, домовой, бугимен; Serbo-Croatian: babaroga, бабарога; Spanish: coco, cuco, cucuy, sacamantecas, hombre del saco; Tajik: буҷӣ; Turkish: gulyabani, hortlak, öcü, karakoncolos, umacı; Vietnamese: ngoáo ộp