μωκάομαι

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Beekes finds obvious to take this verb as an intensive deverbative, suggesting that the rare forms μωκός (mōkós) and μῶκος (môkos) are actually back-formations. He compares intensives like μηκάομαι (mēkáomai) or μῡκάομαι (mūkáomai), but further details are obscure. According to an anonymous source, the word was originally used for a camel, a possible proof of an onomatopoeic origin. Furnée compares μώχεται (mṓkhetai, to be envious, jealous), with a different velar, and concludes that the word is Pre-Greek. See also μῶμος (mômos, blame, reproach).

Pronunciation

 

Verb

μωκᾰ́ομαι • (mōkáomai)

  1. to mimic, and so, ridicule, mock

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • δῐᾰμωκᾰ́ομαι (diamōkáomai)
  • κᾰτᾰμωκᾰ́ομαι (katamōkáomai)
  • μώκημᾰ (mṓkēma)
  • μῶκος (môkos)
  • μωκός (mōkós)
  • μωκῐ́ᾱ (mōkíā)

Further reading

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