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μα

Grammatical information: pcle

Meaning: asseverating `yea, really' (Il., IA), adversative = δέ `but' (Thess.).

Origin: IE [Indo-European] [966] *(s)me(h₂)? assev. pcle `really'

Etymology: Can be identified with Skt. enclit. sma `really, truly' and with Hitt. encl. -ma `but'. Greek however has no trace of initial sm-. Schwyzer-Debrunner 569 f. Details in Hahn Lang. 29, 242ff. Does it continue *mh₂? or *mn̥? - Cf. 1. μήν.

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