- μάχλος
- μάχλοςGrammatical information: adj.Meaning: `lascivious' (of women), `luxuriant, wild' (Hes., A.).Other forms: μάχλης ἀκρατής, πόρνος H.; f. also μαχλάς, -άδος (Man., AP, Ph.), μαχλίς ἑταίρα, πόρνη H.Derivatives: μαχλο-σύνη `lasciviousness, voluptuousness' (Ω 30, Hes., Hdt.; cf. Porzig Satzinhalte 225, Wyss -συνη 25), -της `id.' (EM, Sch.); μαχλικός `like a lascivious woman' (Man.); μαχλεύομαι `be lascivious' in μεμαχλευμένον ἦτορ (Man.), μαχλῶντες πορνεύοντες H.Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]X [probably]Etymology: Barytonon wit λο-suffix as κτίλος, φαῦλος, ἕωλος; further isolated. By Prellwitz s.v. (after Uhlenbeck) compared with Skt. (Ved.) makhá- attribute of gods of unknown meaning (s. Mayrhofer EWAia 2, 288). Fur. 211 n. 48 compares Arm. mahaz `lascicious' (from Asia Minor?). The word, with this meaning, my well be Pre-Greek (the word has also been compared with Βάκχος, ib. 211).Page in Frisk: 2,187
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.