*μάω

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Word-lemma

LSJ

Word-form

μῶμος

Transliteration (Word)

mōmos

Etymon-lemma

LSJ

Transliteration (Etymon)

*maō

Author

Philoxenus

Century

1 BC

Reference

fr. *149

Edition

C. Theodoridis, Die Fragmente des Grammatikers Philoxenos [Sammlung griechischer und lateinischer Grammatiker (SGLG) 2. Berlin: De Gruyter, 1976

Source

Orion

Ref.

Etymologicum, mu, p. 102

Ed.

F.W. Sturz, Orionis Thebani etymologicon, Leipzig: Weigel, 1820 (repr. Hildesheim: Olms, 1973): 1-172

Quotation

Mῶμος· παρὰ τὸ μῶ, οὗ ὁ μέλλων μώσω· δηλοῖ δὲ τὸ ζητῶ. μῶμος οὖν ὁ ἀεὶ ἐπιζητῶν καὶ μηδὲν τῶν ἄλλων ἱκανὸν εἶναι νομίζων, ἀλλ’ ἐνδεῖν τοῦ κρείττονος, ἀεὶ πᾶν ὁτιοῦν λέγων καὶ διασύρων.

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