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μῶμαι

momai

to strive, try, desire

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1. μῶμαι · mōmai — Beekes

μῶμαι [v.] ‘to strive, try, desire’ (poet.). < ?> VAR 38g. μῶται (Epich.), 3pl. μῶνται (Euph. [III*]), opt. μῷτο (Stob.); perhaps also El. patito, see Fraenkel 1910: 45, Bechtel 1921, 2: 854; inf. μῶσθαι (Thgn.), pte. μώμενος (A., S.), aor. ἐμώσατο’ εὗρεν, ἐτεχνάσατο, ἐζήτησεν ‘invented, contrived, investigated’ (H.). *DER dots [f.] ‘searching’ (Corn.). eETYM It cannot be established whether the primary verb μῶμαι … — [Beekes, s.v. μῶμαι, p. 1042]

2. μῶμαι · mōmai — Chantraine

μῶμαι : 3° pers. sg. μῶται (Épich. 117), 3° pl. μῶνται (Euph. 157); impér. μῶσο (Epich. 288, Hsch.); opt. 3e sg. μῷτο (Stob.); inf. μῶσθαι (Thgn., PI. Crai. 406 a pour expliquer le nom des Muses, etc.); partic. μώμενος (Æsch., S.); aoriste radical opt. μαῖτο éléen, cf. Bechtel, Gr. Dial. 2,854; aoriste secondaire ἐμώσατο ᾿ εὗρεν, ἐτεχνάσατο, ἐζήτησεν (Hsch.). Sens : « s’efforcer à, aspirer à, désirer», etc. Nom … — [Chantraine, s.v. μῶμαι, p. 747]

3. μῶμαι · mōmai — Frisk

μῶμαι, 3.88. μῶται (Epich.), 3. pl. μῶνται (Euph. [III2]), Opt. μῷτο (Stob.; el. μαῖτο 3, Fraenkel Nom. ag. 1. 45, Bechtel Dial. 284 μῶμος --κὥνυξ 2, 854), Inf. μῶσϑαι (Thon. u.a.), Ptz. μώμενος (A. u. 8.), Aor. ἐμώσατοα᾽ εὗρεν, ἐτεχνάσατο, ἐζήτησεν H. ‘streben, trachten, begehren’ (poet.). — Davon μῶσις f. "das Streben’ (Corn.). Ob das primäre μῶμαι als athematische Bildung oder als Jotpräsens anzusehen ist, läßt … — [Frisk, s.v. μῶμαι, p. 1255]

4. μῶμαι · mōmai — LSJ

seek after, covet

seek after, covet, c. acc., Thgn. l.c., etc.; τὸ ἀκριβές Diotog. l.c.; τὸ λανθάνον Jul. l.c.: c. inf. or abs., A. ll.cc.

II meditate, purpose, mō

meditate or purpose, c. acc., S. ll.cc. (Non-thematic mō-, prob. cogn. with Lat. mōs ‘will’, ‘capriceʼ; cf. μαίομαι.)

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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. μῶμαι (scan p. 1042; entry #4255).
  • Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. μῶμαι (scan p. 747; entry #5521).
  • Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. μῶμαι (scan pp. 1255-1256; entry #4015).

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