Μορμώ

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

Unknown. Beekes thinks a Pre-Greek origin is likely.[1] Maybe related to μόρμορος (mórmoros, “fear, panic”).[2] Generally claimed to be connected with Latin formido, although the parallel is dubious. However, see Middle Armenian մորմ (morm, “tarantula”), which possibly comes from the same substrate source.[2]

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Μορμώ • (Mormṓ) f (genitive Μορμόος or Μορμοῦς); third declension

  1. Mormo, a monstrous spectre in Greek mythology, used as a bogey to frighten children

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ Μορμώ; τῆς Μορμόος (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ἡ Μορμώ
hē Mormṓ
Genitive τῆς Μορμόος / Μορμοῦς
tês Mormóos / Mormoûs
Dative τῇ Μορμοῖ
têi Mormoî
Accusative τὴν Μορμώ
tḕn Mormṓ
Vocative Μορμοῖ
Mormoî
Notes:

Descendants

  • English: Mormo, mormo
  • Greek: Μορμώ (Mormó)
  • Latin: Mormo

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 967
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, pages 478-480

Further reading

  • “Μορμώ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2013) “The place of Armenian in the Indo-European language family: the relationship with Greek and Indo-Iranian”, in Journal of Language Relationship‎, number 10, page 118
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