- ὀμόργνυμι
- ὀμόργνυμι, -μαιGrammatical information: v.Meaning: `to wipe (oneself), to dry (oneself)', w. ἐξ- in midd. also `to give a whip, to stamp';Other forms: aor. ὀμόρξαι, -ασθαι (Il.), fut. ὀμόρξω, -ομαι, pass. aor. ὀμορχθῆναι, perf. ὤμοργμαι (Att., Arist.).Compounds: In prose only w. prefix, esp. ἀπ-, ἐξ-.Derivatives: ἐξόμορξις f. `stamping, imprint, impression' (Pl.), ἀπόμοργμα n. `that which is whiped off' (Eust.).Origin: IE [Indo-European] [738] *h₃merǵ- `wipe off'Etymology: To the aor. ὀμόρξαι could fit the Skt. aor. amārkṣ-ī-t `he wiped off', if ορ comes from ωρ; the form ὄμαρξον ἀπόμαξον H. can however be equated with the zero grade and earlier attested amr̥kṣat, -a; so ὀμόρξαι from ὀμάρξαι through progressive assimilation or from ὀμόργνυμι (Schwyzer 344 a. 696 n. 6 w. lit.)? This form stands beside ὀμόρξαι as ζεύγνυμι beside ζεῦξαι; note the relation ζεύγ-νυ-μι: Skt. yu-ná-k-ti and ὀμόργ-νυ-μι : mr̥-ṇá-k-ti (mr̥-ṇa-j-āni subj. 1. sg.). -- (To ὀμόργνυμι, ὀμόρξαι cannot belong ἀμέργω (s. v.). The prothet. vowel is absent in the late μόρ-ξαντο, -άμενοι (Q. S.), prob. through analogical reduction (cf. Strömberg Wortstudien 45), s. Schwyzer 411.Page in Frisk: 2,389-390
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.