μόλις

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

Uncertain. Solmsen compares μόλις to μῶλος (môlos, “turmoil, fight”), as well as to μέλλω (méllō, “to be about to do, to hesitate”), but Beekes considers the former comparison phonetically problematic due to the root vocalism, and the latter semantically uncompelling.[1]

Pronunciation

 

Adverb

μόλις • (mólis)

  1. only just
  2. hardly, scarcely, barely

Descendants

  • Greek: μόλις (mólis)

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “μόλις”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 963

Further reading

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μόλις (mólis).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmo.lis/
  • Hyphenation: μό‧λις

Adverb

μόλις • (mólis)

  1. barely
  2. just

Conjunction

μόλις • (mólis)

  1. as soon as, once
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