1. μύζω · myzō — Beekes
somewhat dubious
The corpus record
μύζω
muzo1
somewhat dubious
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Distribution
- Eumenides 2 · 3.82/10k
- On the Sacred Disease 1 · 2.18/10k
- Thesmophoriazusae 1 · 1.42/10k
- Anabasis 1 · 0.18/10k
- Discourses 1 · 0.13/10k
- Lives of Eminent Philosophers 1 · 0.09/10k
Senses
2. μύζω · myzō — Beekes
to suck
3. μύζω · myzō — Beekes
to mutter, moan
4. μύζω · myzō — Chantraine
élément ἡ partic. ἐκμυζήσας (II. 4,218), d
5. μύζω · myzō — Chantraine
2 μύζω : «murmurer, gronder» [en faisant μῦ, μῦ] (Æsch
6. μύζω · myzō — Frisk
saugen, aussaugen
7. μύζω · myzō — Frisk
stöhnen, seufzen
8. μύζω · myzō — LSJ
make the sound μὺ μῦ
Attestations
- μύξα · myxa Epictetus, Discourses 4.11 (DIORISIS sentence 7228)
- μύζοιτʼ · myzoitʼ Aeschylus, Eumenides 118
- μύζουσιν · myzousin Aeschylus, Eumenides 186–189
- μύζειν · myzein Xenophon, Anabasis 4.5.27 (DIORISIS sentence 1802)
- μύζει · myzei Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 10.1 (DIORISIS sentence 9169)
- μύξεις · myxeis Aristophanes, Thesmophoriazusae (DIORISIS sentence 217)
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Deep etymology
Authority pointers, pending review
These are the etymology authorities that treat this word, with their exact locators. They are bibliographic pointers, not a published word history: no root, reconstruction, derivation, cognate, or origin is asserted here.
- scan pp. 1026-1027; entry #4198 Review: Under source audit
- scan p. 735; entry #5443 Review: Under source audit
- scan p. 1236; entry #3964 Review: Under source audit
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