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μώλωψ

molops

stripe, wale, weal, bruise

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What it meant

1. μώλωψ · mōlōps — Beekes

μώλωψ, -wrog [m.] ‘stripe, wale, weal, bruise’ (Hyp., Arist. LXX, medic.). < PG(s)> DER μωλωποικός ‘stripy’ (Gal.), -ίζω [v.] ‘to make stripes, wallop, bash’ (Aq. , Plu.). *ETYM The analysis as a compound containing -wy ‘eye, sight, etc’ is wrong. Words like these contain a suffix -wy (see eg. » κώνωψ) and are certainly of Pre-Greek origin. Any relation with *mel- ‘black’ (μέλας, μολύνω) is out of the question. — [Beekes, s.v. μώλωψ, p. 1042]

2. μώλωψ · mōlōps — Chantraine

μώλωψ, τ-ῶπος : m. « meurtrissure, marque d’un coup, bleu » (Hyp., Arist., LXX, médecins); d'où polomxéc « meurtri » (Gal.), μωλωπίζω « faire des meurtrissures, des bleus » (Aq., Plu., etc.), avec μωλωπισμός (tardif). Et.: Terme expressif dont la finale -wÿ ne semble pas pouvoir être un second terme de composé, cf. p. ex. μύωψ «taon»s, αἱμάλωψ «dépôt de sang » (p.-ê. fait sur le modèle de μώλωψ Ὁ), etc. On rapproche … — [Chantraine, s.v. μώλωψ, p. 747]

3. μώλωψ · mōlōps — Frisk

μώλωψ, -wros m, “Strieme, blutunterlaufene Stelle” (Hyp., Arıst., LXX, Mediz. usw.) mit μωλωποικός "striemig’ (Gal.), -i£o “Striemen machen, bleuen, mürbe schlagen’ (Agq., Plu. u.a.). Bildung wie 1. μύ-ωψ, Böo-wyp u.a. (Schwyzer 426 A.4), somit wohl als Vorderglied ein Nomen enthaltend, das indessen ohne sichere Anknüpfung ist. Semantisch, auch formal nahe liegt lit. m&l-yme, -yne “Bläue, blauer Fleck, Strieme’, von … — [Frisk, s.v. μώλωψ, p. 1255]

4. μώλωψ · mōlōps — LSJ

mark of a stripe, weal, bruise, blood-clot

mark of a stripe, weal, bruise, Hyp. Fr. 200, Arist. Pr. 889b10, LXX Is. 53.5, D.H. 16.5, Plu. Vind. 2.565b, etc.; of an eruption resembling mosquito bites, Herod.Med. ap. Aët. 5.129; blood-clot, Paul.Aeg. 6.8 (pl.); πορφύρεοι μώλωπες, satirically of kings, Daphit. ap. Str. 14.1.39.

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Where it came from

  • Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. μώλωψ (scan p. 1042; entry #4254). Root candidates: *mel-.
  • Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. μώλωψ (scan p. 747; entry #5520).
  • Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. μώλωψ (scan p. 1255; entry #4014).

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