The corpus record

μαψ-αῦραι

mapsaurai

(Hés

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Where it lives

Theogony 1 · 1.45/10k

What it meant

1. μαψαῦραι · mapsaurai — Chantraine

μαψαῦραι (Hés. Th. 872, Call, Fr. 714,4). Les éditeurs (Hés., ef. West) écrivent en deux mots μὰψ αὖραι, mais Troxler, Wortschatz Hesiods 148 adopte μαψαῦραι de μάρπτω et αὔρα (cf. s.u. ἄναυρος) composé du type τερψίμδροτος, « qui soulèvent l'eau » Approuvé par R. Schmitt, Nominalbildung des Kallimachos 91 n. 43. peyaipu, voir μέγας, — [Chantraine, s.v. μαψαῦραι, p. 691]

2. μαψ-αῦραι · maps-aurai — LSJ

random breezes, gusts of wind

random breezes, gusts of wind, Hes. Th. 872, cf. Call. Fr. 67 (al. divisim μὰψ αὖραι ἐπιπνείουσι θάλασσαν).

II idle

as Adj., μαψαῦραι στόβοι idle boastings, Lyc. 395.

In the wild

μαψαῦραι · mapsaurai Theogony 872

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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