Μῶϋ

mou

Translated by William Hutton15 Jun 2003Vetting: high4 revisions

2 notes · 14 words
[The word for] water among Egyptians.1 From this also [comes the name] Moses [*mwu+sh=s].2

Greek original · Adler’s text

Μῶϋ· τὸ ὕδωρ παρ' Αἰγυπτίοις. ἐξ οὗ καὶ Μωϋσῆς.

Betacode
*mw=u+: to\ u(/dwr par' *ai)gupti/ois. e)c ou(= kai\ *mwu+sh=s.

Notes (2)

  1. The headword is disyllabic in the Greek (and Moses' name thus trisyllabic).
  2. 1cf. Josephus, Jewish Antiquities 2.228 (web address 1); Hesychius mu76. ↩
  3. 2For Moses see further under mu 1348. ↩

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Revision history4 revisions · last 24 Sep 2020
  1. added a link — Catharine Roth
  2. coding — Catharine Roth
  3. expanded notes; cosmetics — David Whitehead
  4. added notes and keyword — David Whitehead
  5. Translated — William Hutton

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