The corpus record

μῶμος

momos

blame, reproach, blemish

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Where it lives

2 Peter 1 · 9.23/10k
Leviticus 10 · 5.34/10k
Canticum 1 · 5.14/10k
Siracides 5 · 2.71/10k
Deuteronomium 3 · 1.34/10k
Regnorum II 1 · 0.62/10k
Numeri 1 · 0.43/10k
Odyssey 1 · 0.12/10k

What it meant

1. μῶμος · mōmos — Beekes

μῶμος [m.] ‘blame, reproach, blemish’ (poet. B 86, late prose), ‘stain of a sacrificial animal’ (LXX). «Ὁ eVAR μῶμαρ [n.] (Lyc.). *COMP ἄ-μωμος ‘without blame’ (Ion. poet.), μωμο-σκόπος ‘who inspects the sacrificial animal for a blemish’, together with -oxonéopau, -éw (Ph.). *DER μώμοιμος “with blame’ (Stoic.); cf. νόμιμος, etc. Denominative verbs: 1. μωμάομαι ‘to blame, abuse, defame’ (Ion. poet. since I1.), Ion. … — [Beekes, s.v. μῶμος, p. 1042]

2. μῶμος · mōmos — Frisk

μῶμος m. (μῶμαρ τι. Lyk.) "Tadel, Vorwurf, Schandfleck’ (poet. seit 8 86, auch sp. Prosa), ‘Makel eines Opfertiers’ (LXX). Kompp., z.B. ἄ-μωμος “untadelig’ (ion. poet., sp. Prosa), μωμο-σκόπος “der das Opfertier auf einen Makel hin untersucht’ mit -σκοπέομαι, -&w (Ph. usw.; Bartelink Glotta 39, 43ff.). — Davon μώμ-ιμος “tadelhaft’ (Stoie.); vgl. νόμιμος u.a. (Arbenz 113). Denominative Verba: 1. μωμάομαι (ion. … — [Frisk, s.v. μῶμος, p. 1256]

3. μῶμος · mōmos — LSJ

blame, reproach, disgrace, brand

blame, reproach, disgrace, μῶμον ἀνάψαι to set a brand upon one, Od. 2.86, cf. Semon. 7.84, 105, Pi. O. 6.74, P. 1.82; βροτῶν μ. πάντεσσι . . ἐστὶν ἐπʼ ἔργοις B. 12.202, cf. APl. 16.84; οὐ γὰρ ἔσθʼ ὅπως σπουδῆς δικαίας μ. ἅψεταί ποτε S. Fr. 257: also in later Prose, as LXX Si. 11.31, Cic. Att. 5.20.6, Plu. Praec. 2.820a, Luc. Herm. 20.

2 blemish

blemish, LXX Le. 24.19, al., 2 Ep.Pet. 2.13.

II Momus

personified, Momus, first in Hes. Th. 214, cf. Pl. R. 487a, Babr. 59.6.

In the wild

μῶμον · mōmon Odyssey 2.86
μῶμοι · mōmoi New Testament, 2 Peter 2.13 (DIORISIS sentence 23)
μῶμος · mōmos Septuaginta, Canticum 4
μῶμος · mōmos Septuaginta, Deuteronomium 15
μῶμος · mōmos Septuaginta, Deuteronomium 15
μῶμος · mōmos Septuaginta, Deuteronomium 17

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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. μῶμος (scan pp. 1042-1043; entry #4256).
Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. μῶμος (scan p. 1256; entry #4016).

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