This word has been connected to μύκλα (múkla, “black stripe on the neck and feet of the ass”), μυχλός (mukhlós, “Phoenician word for stallion ass”) and Latin mūlus (“mule”). As the breeding of mules originates from Pontic Asia Minor, Frisk remarks that we are probably dealing with a Wanderwort. However, Beekes does not agree with this and claims that the variants prove a Pre-Greek origin, while Furnée thinks that this word must be separated from the others.
μῠ́κλος • (múklos) m (genitive μῠ́κλου); second declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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| Nominative | ὁ μῠ́κλος ho múklos |
τὼ μῠ́κλω tṑ múklō |
οἱ μῠ́κλοι hoi múkloi | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ μῠ́κλου toû múklou |
τοῖν μῠ́κλοιν toîn múkloin |
τῶν μῠ́κλων tôn múklōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ μῠ́κλῳ tôi múklōi |
τοῖν μῠ́κλοιν toîn múkloin |
τοῖς μῠ́κλοις toîs múklois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν μῠ́κλον tòn múklon |
τὼ μῠ́κλω tṑ múklō |
τοὺς μῠ́κλους toùs múklous | ||||||||||
| Vocative | μῠ́κλε múkle |
μῠ́κλω múklō |
μῠ́κλοι múkloi | ||||||||||
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