μορύσσω

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Within Greek, the verb is probably related to μοριφόν (moriphón, dark, black). Outside Greek, Slavic word for "smear" have been considered, like Russian мара́ть (marátʹ, to soil, stain, dirty). Further unclear.

Pronunciation

 

Verb

μορῠ́σσω • (morússō) (chiefly Epic)

  1. to soil, defile, stain
    Synonym: μολῠ́νω (molúnō)

Conjugation

Further reading

  • μορύσσω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • μορύσσω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • μορύσσω”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • μορύσσω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
  • μορύσσω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
  • Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “μορύσσω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 969
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