μύξα

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Ancient Greek

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *mew-k- (slip, slime). Cognates include μύκης (múkēs, mushroom), μύσσομαι (mússomai, to blow the nose) and Latin mucus.

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Noun

μῠ́ξᾰ (múxaf (genitive μῠ́ξης); first declension

  1. mucus, discharge from the nose
    Synonyms: βλέννα (blénna), κόρυζα (kóruza), λέμφος (lémphos)
  2. slime of certain fish and snails
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Etymology 2

The origin is unknown. Compare Armenian մամուխ (mamux, sloe).

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Noun

μῠ́ξᾰ (múxan pl (genitive μῠ́ξων); second declension

  1. sebesten (Cordia myxa)
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Descendants
  • Latin: myxa

Further reading

  • μύξα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • μύξα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • μύξα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
  • 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
  • Bläsing, Uwe (2019) “Die armenischen Pflanzennamen in Peter Simon Pallas’ Flora Rossica. Eine Studie zu Etymologie und sprachlicher Interaktion”, in U. Bläsing, J. Dum-Tragut, T.M. van Lint, editors, Armenian, Hittite, and Indo-European Studies: A Commemoration Volume for Jos J.S. Weitenberg (Hebrew University Armenian Studies; 15) (in German), Leuven: Peeters, pages 13–17

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μύξα (múxa, mucus), which shares an origin with μύκης (múkēs, fungus, mushroom), from Proto-Indo-European *mew-k- (slip, slime). Cognates include Latin mucus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmiksa/
  • Hyphenation: μύ‧ξα

Noun

μύξα (mýxaf (plural μύξες)

  1. (colloquial, familiar) snot, booger, bogey (nasal mucus)
    Σταματά να τρως τις μύξες σου.
    Stamatá na tros tis mýxes sou.
    Stop eating your snot.
  2. (colloquial, humorous, figuratively) snot, slob (any slovenly person who causes disgust)
    Μην τρως το φαΐ που έφτιαξε αυτή η μύξα.
    Min tros to faḯ pou éftiaxe aftí i mýxa.
    Don't eat the food that slob made you.

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