μίξις

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Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *míḱtis, from the root *meyḱ- ~ *meyǵ- (to mix) +‎ *-tis.[1] Cognate with Lithuanian mìšti, Avestan 𐬨𐬌𐬱𐬙𐬌 (mišti). Compare μίγνυμι (mígnumi, I mix), from the same root.

Pronunciation

 

Noun

μῐ́ξῐς (míxisf (genitive μῐ́ξεως); third declension

  1. a mixing, mingling
  2. intercourse
    1. sexual intercourse
    2. commerce

Inflection

References

  1. ^ Wodtko, Dagmar S., Irslinger, Britta, Schneider, Carolin (2008) “*mei̯k̂-”, in Nomina im indogermanischen Lexikon [Nouns in the Indo-European Lexicon] (in German), Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, pages 481–482