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Ancient Greek
Etymology
The formation is similar to γέλγῑς (gélgīs), δέλλῑς (déllīs) and ὄρνῑς (órnīs). Cognates have been supposed in μηρύω (mērúō, “to wind up”) as well as in βρόχος (brókhos, “noose”) and μάραθον (márathon, “fennel”). The word may be of Pre-Greek origin and related to μήρινθος (mḗrinthos, “fishing line”) and μῆριγξ (mêrinx, “bristle, hair”) but compare Latvian mer̂ga, Proto-Slavic *merža (“net”), and possibly Lithuanian márška (“fishing net”).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mér.miːs/ → /ˈmer.mis/ → /ˈmer.mis/
Noun
μέρμῑς • (mérmīs) f (genitive μέρμῑθος); third declension
- cord, string, rope
Declension
Descendants
References
Further reading
- “μέρμις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “μέρμις”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “μέρμις”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- μέρμις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- μέρμις 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) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN