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μῶλῠ

molu

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1. μῶλυ · mōly — Beekes

μῶλυ [n.] name of an unknown plant (Κ 305, Com. adesp. 641), identified in various ways by later authors (Plin.,, Dsc., Ps.-Dsc., Poet. de herb.). According to Thphr. (HP 9 15, 7) it is an Arcadian name for a kind of garlic ‘Allium nigrum’; also μῶλυς pita (Lyc. 679). See Ferrari RILomb. 88 (1995): 12ff. eETYM A foreign word, which may be compared with να μώλυζα, This has a nonGreek suffix (cf. κόνυζα, … — [Beekes, s.v. μῶλυ, p. 1041]

2. μῶλυ · mōly — Chantraine

μῶλυ -- 130 — Dérivé : μώλυζα f. «tête d'ail» (Hp. Mul. 1,78, Nat. Mul. 85), cf. André, ο. c. 235 ; constitué avec un suffixe Ua, même finale que dans κόνυζα, ὄρυζα, ῥίζα, ete. Et.: Obscure. Finale en -v comme dans divers mots d'emprunt : βράθυ, μίσυ, vämu et σίναπυ, σὥρυ. V. Cocco, Arch. Gloïtoi. Ii. 40, 1955, 10-28, insère le terme dans une grande série « méditerranéenne » avec μαλάχη, μολόχη, lat. malua, etc., ce … — [Chantraine, s.v. μῶλυ, p. 747]

3. μῶλυ · mōly — Frisk

μῶλυ π. Ν. einer unbekannten Pflanze (x 305, Kom. adesp. 641), ven den Späteren (Plin., Dsk., Ps.-Dsk., Poet. de herb.) verschiedentlich identifiziert, nach Thphr. HP 9, 15,7 arkad. Bez. einer Knoblauchart ‘Allium nigrum’; auch μῶλυς ῥίζα (Lyk. 679). Näheres bei Ferrari Ist. Lomb. 88, 12ff. Fremdwort unbekannter Herkunft; vgl. Henry ClassRev. 20, 434f., Andr6 Rev. de phil. 84, 234. Zum u-Stamm vgl. die ebenfalls … — [Frisk, s.v. μῶλυ, p. 1254]

4. μῶλῠ · mōly — LSJ

moly

moly, a fabulous herb, Od. 10.305, cf. Com.Adesp. 641; cf. μῶλυς II.

II garlic, Allium nigrum

in later writers, garlic, Allium nigrum, Thphr. HP 9.15.7, Dsc. 3.47; cf. μώλυζα.

2

a kind of πήγανον ἄγριον growing in Cappadocia, ib. 46.

3

= ἠρύγγιον, Ps.-Dsc. 3.21.

4

= στρύχνον ὑπνωτικόν, Plin. HN 21.180. (Cf. Skt. mú̄lam ‘root’, mūlakarma ‘magical use of roots’.)

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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. μῶλῠ (scan p. 1041; entry #4249).
  • Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. μῶλῠ (scan p. 747; entry #5518).
  • Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. μῶλῠ (scan p. 1254; entry #4011).

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