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μῐμαίκῠλον

mimaikulon

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What it meant

1. μιμαίκυλον · mimaikylon — Beekes

μιμαίκυλον [n.] “fruit of the κόμαρος᾽ (com., Thphr.), cf. Dawkins JHS 56 (1936): 1. “ΝΑΙ Also μεμαίκυλος (Gal.), μιμάκυλος (H.). *ETYM A foreign word, no doubt Pre-Greek (note the variations). For the ending, cf. ἄκυλος ‘acorn’ with comparable meaning. — [Beekes, s.v. μιμαίκυλον, p. 1004]

2. μιμαίκυλον · mimaikylon — Chantraine

μιμαίκυλον : n., fruit de l'arbousier (com., Thphr.), avec diverses variantes μεμαίκυλον (Thphr., Pline), μιμάκυλον (Hsch.), qu’on corrige. Et.: Terme sans étymologie, probablement emprunté. — [Chantraine, s.v. μιμαίκυλον, p. 719]

3. μιμαίκυλον · mimaikylon — Frisk

μιμαίκυλον (μεμ-) n. "Frucht des Erdbeerbaumes, des κόμαρος᾽ (Kom., Thphr. u.a.), vgl. Dawkins JournofHellStud. 56, 1. — Unerklärtes Fremdwort; zum Ausgang vgl. das sinnverwandte ἄκυλος. — [Frisk, s.v. μιμαίκυλον, p. 1210]

4. μῐμαίκῠλον · mimaikylon — LSJ

fruit of κόμαρος

fruit of κόμαρος, Crates Com. 40, Amphis 38, Theopomp.Com. 67, Thphr. CP 2.8.2, Scyl. 108, Porph. Abst. 2.7; but μεμαίκυλον, Thphr. HP 3.16.4, Poll. 7.144, Gal. 6.621:—also μεμαίκυλος, ἡ, ibid.; μιμάκυλος, Hsch.

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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