1. μηκάομαι · mēkaomai — Beekes
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μηκάομαι
mekaomai
to bleat
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What it meant
2. μηκάομαι · mēkaomai — Frisk
3. μηκ-άομαι · mēk-aomai — LSJ
bleat, of sheep, μυρίαι ἑστήκασιν . . , ἀζηχὲς μεμακυῖαι Il. 4.435; θήλειαι δʼ ἐμέμηκον ἀνήμελκτοι περὶ σηκούς Od. 9.439 (used by Hom. of goats only in the Subst. μηκάς); of a hunted fawn or hare, scream, shriek, ὁ δέ τε προθέῃσι μεμηκώς Il. 10.362: part. μακών only in the phrase, κὰδ δʼ ἔπεσʼ ἐν κονίῃσι μακών fell shrieking to earth, of a wounded horse, stag, or boar, 16.469, Od. 10.163, 19.454; of a man, 18.98.—Onomatopoeic word.
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- μεμηκώς · memēkōs Iliad 10.362
- μακών · makōn Iliad 16.469
- μεμακυῖαι · memakyiai Iliad 4.435
- μακών · makōn Odyssey 10.163
- μακών · makōn Odyssey 18.98
- μακών · makōn Odyssey 19.454
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Where it came from
- Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. μηκάομαι (scan p. 993; entry #4058). Root candidates: *mék-.
- Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. μηκάομαι (scan pp. 1195-1196; entry #3862).
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