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Ancient Greek
Etymology
Of onomatopoeic origin, compare Latin mugio.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /myː.ká.o.mai̯/ → /myˈka.o.mɛ/ → /miˈka.o.me/
Verb
μῡκάομαι • (mūkáomai)
- to moo, low (of oxen)
- to resound, creak, ring, hiss (of things)
Further reading
- “μυκάομαι”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “μυκάομαι”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “μυκάομαι”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- μυκάομαι in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- μυκάομαι in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963