Μυγμός

moaning, muttering, mu-ing

Translated by Catharine Roth6 Sep 2006Vetting: high2 revisions

2 notes · 9 words

[Meaning] groaning.¹ And the sound of the letter mu.²

Greek original · Adler’s text

Μυγμός· ὁ στεναγμός. καὶ ὁ τοῦ μ ἦχος.

Betacode

*mugmo/s: o( stenagmo/s. kai\ o( tou= m h)=xos.

Notes (2)

1'Ascribed to the sleeping Furies in A[eschylus] Eu[menides] 117, 120; of wounded men or dogs, D[iodorus] S[iculus] 17.11, 92' (LSJ s.v., I.). ↩
2See LSJ s.v., II. ↩

Linked from1 entry

μ1383Μῦ μῦmu muFrom the [sound] mu is produced the [verb] mu/zein ["to snort"], similarly to many other [onomatopoetic verbs]. But mu/zein is to make a certain sound with the nostrils. Aristophanes [writes]: "why do you snort?…

Neighbouring entries

μ1370ΜυγδόνιοςMygdonian μ1371Μύγματαtearings μ1372Μυγμόςmoaning, muttering, mu-ing μ1373Μυδαλέαςsodden μ1374Μυδᾶνto be sodden

Revision history2 revisions · last 28 May 2013

28 May 2013Revised — David Whitehead
7 Sep 2006supplied notes; more keywords — David Whitehead
6 Sep 2006Translated — Catharine Roth