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μορμύρος

mormuros

Pagellus mormyrus

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What it meant

1. μορμύρος · mormyros — Beekes

μορμύρος [m.] name of a sea-fish of the family of the breams (Sparidae), ‘Pagellus mormyrus’ (Arist. Archestr.); details in Thompson 1947 s.v. VAR With dissimilation μορμύλος (Dorio apud Ath., Opp.); also μύρμη (Epich. 62). *ETYM According to Stromberg 1943: 76 “probably called after the sound, which arises from its quick movement in the water”. The connection with μύρομαι, μύρω ‘to flow, trickle’ (Strémberg … — [Beekes, s.v. μορμύρος, p. 1018]

2. μόρμυρος · mormyros — Chantraine

μόρμυρος : m. (Arist. H. A. 570 b, Archéstr., etc.) avec dissim. μορμύλος (Dorio ap. Ath. 313 e, Opp.), nom de poisson, « morme », sorte de pagel (Sparus mormyrus Linné), cf. Thompson, Fishes s.u., et Saint-Denis, Animaux marins s.u. mormyr, le mot ayant été emprunté en lat. Sur l'emploi du mot comme anthroponyme à Chypre, cf. L. Robert, Noms indigènes 166. Autre forme pour désigner ce poisson μύρμᾶ (Epich. 62). De … — [Chantraine, s.v. μόρμυρος, p. 729]

3. μορμύρος · mormyros — Frisk

μορμύρος (Arist., Archestr. u.a.), mit Dissim. μορμύλος (Dorio ap. Ath., Opp.) m. N. eines zum Geschlecht der Brassen (Sparidae) gehörigen Meerfisches, “Pagellus mormyrus’ ; Einzelheiten bei Thompson Fishes s.v. — Nach Strömberg Fischnamen 76 „wahrscheinlich nach dem Geräusch benannt, das bei seiner geschwinden Bewegung im Wasser entsteht“. In derselben Bed. auch μύρμη (Epieh. 62). Die Anknüpfung an μύρομαι, μύρω … — [Frisk, s.v. μορμύρος, p. 1226]

4. μορμύρος · mormyros — LSJ

Pagellus mormyrus

a sea-fish, Pagellus mormyrus, Arist. HA 570b20 (proparox.), Archestr. Fr. 52 (proparox.), AP 6.304 (Phan.), Artem. 2.14 (proparox. as v.l.), cj. in Opp. H. 1.100; cf. μόρμυλος.

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No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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