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μόλυς

molus

(mentally) enervated; dull, feeble, weak

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What it meant

1. μῶλυς · mōlys — Beekes

μῶλυς, -vog [adj.] ‘(mentally) enervated; dull, feeble, weak’ (S. Fr. 963. Nic. Demetr. Lac.). eVAR Also μῶλυξ: ἀπαίδευτος ‘lacking education, stupid’ (H.), cod. -6-, cf. von Blumenthal 1930: 42f; μώλυκα' τὸν ἀπαίδευτον. Ζακύνθιοι (H.); μωλυρόν: νωθρόν, βραδύ ‘sluggish, slow’ (H.). DER μωλύῳ [v.] ‘to boil imperfectly, scald, simmer’, med. ‘to become powerless, fade away’, especially of wounds: ‘to fail to come … — [Beekes, s.v. μῶλυς, p. 1041]

2. μῶλυς · mōlys — Frisk

μῶλυς, -voc "geschwächt (auch geistig), erschöpft, weich’ (8. Fr. 963, Nik., Demetr. Lac. u.a.); auch μῶλυξ (cod. -ö-; vgl. v. Blumenthal Hesychst. 42f.)' ἀπαίδευτος, μώλυκα" τὸν ἀπαίδευτον. Ζακύνϑιοι H.; μωλυρόν: νωϑρόν, βραδύ H. — Daneben μωλύω, -εύὐνω, -ὕνομαι, Aor. Pass. μωλυζν) ϑῆναι, Perf. Med. μεμώλυσμαι, vereinzelt mit aro-, xara-, δια-, "halb sieden od. kochen, verbrühen, erweichen, entkräften’, Med.-Pass. … — [Frisk, s.v. μῶλυς, p. 1255]

3. μόλυς · molys — LSJ

4. μῶλυς · mōlys — LSJ

soft, weak, feeble

soft, weak, feeble, μ. ἐπιστείβων, of a serpent, Nic. Th. 32, cf. Sch.

2 weak in intellect, dull

metaph., weak in intellect, dull, Demetr.Lac. Herc. 1014.58, Hsch. (who also has Comp.), cf. S. Fr. 693; also μωλύτερον φαίνεσθαι τὸν λόγον Socr. Ep. 30.14.

II

μῶλυς ῥίζα, = μῶλυ I, Lyc. 679.

Where it came from

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