- μέμφομαι
- μέμφομαιGrammatical information: v.Meaning: `reprove, reproach, be discontent, deplore' (Il.), `accuse' (Gortyn; Bechtel Dial. 1, 391).Other forms: fut. μέμψομαι, aor. μέμψασθαι, μεμφθῆναι,Compounds: Also with prefix, esp. ἐπι-, κατα-. As 1. member in governing comp. μεμψί-μοιρος `reproving fate' (Isoc., Arist.).Derivatives: 1. (ἐπί-, κατά-)μέμψις `reproof, reproach, objection (Att. since A.; Holt Les noms d'action en -σις 125 n. 3). 2. (ἐπι-)μομφή `id.' (poet. since Pi., Ep. Col. 3, 13), μόμφος m. `id.' (E. Fr. 633, Mantinea Va); ἐπί-, κατά-μομφος `subject to reproaches, reproachable, reproaching' (A., E.), hypostases from ἐπὶ, κατὰ μομφῆς or Bahuvrihi; also ἐπιμεμφ-ής `reproachable' (Nic., AP), ἰμμεμφ-ής `subject to complaints' (Mantinea Va), from ἐπι-, ἐμ-μέμφομαι transmitted to the σ-stems (Schwyzer 513), opposite ἄ-μομφος (A.), ἀ-μεμφής (Pi., A.) with ἀμεμφ-ία (A., S., cf. Schwyzer 469). -- 3. μέμφειρα f. = μέμψις Telecl. Con... 62), prob. personified after πρέσβειρα, κτεάτειρα a. o. (Schwyzer 474 n. 3). 4. μεμφωλή = μέμψις (H., Suid.).Origin: IE [Indo-European]X [probably]Etymology: A remarkable similarity shows the isolated Goth. verb bi-mampjan `mock, insult' (Ev. Luc. 16, 14) with deviating p (quite uncertain explanation by Specht Ursprung 261 n. 2); one adduces also (Stokes, Fick) some Celtic words for `contumely, infamy', which however miss the inner nasal, e.g. OIr. mebul `shame'. Well founded doubts a.o. in WP. 2, 261 f., Feist Vgl. Wb. d. got. Spr. s. v.Page in Frisk: 2,207
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