μισέω

μισέω

Grammatical information: v.

Meaning: `hate, loathe' (Pi., IA.);

Other forms: aor. μισῆσαι (P 272), pass. μισηθῆναι (Hdt.), fut. pass. μισήσομαι (E.), -ηθήσομαι (LXX), perf. μεμίση-κα, -μαι (Att.).

Compounds: Also w. prefix, e.g. δια-. ἀπο-. Very often as 1. member (oppos. φιλο-), e.g. μισό-θεος `who hates the gods' (A., Luc.), cf. Schwyzer 442.

Derivatives: μίσημα n. `what is hated' (trag.), μίσηθρον (-τρον) `charm for producing hatred' (Luc., pap.; after στέργηθρον, Benveniste Origines 203), μισητός `hated, hateful' (A., X.), -ητικός `prone to hatred' (Arr.), μισήτιζε μίσει, στύγει H. Beside it with paroxytonon (after Ammon. 94) and with unclear change of meaning μισήτη f. `lascivious wench, whore' (Archil. [?], Cratin., μισητός ... ἄπληστος H.) with μισητία `lasciviousness, unsatibale desire' (Ar., Procop.). -- μῖσος n. `hatred, enmity, grudge, object of hatred' (trag., Att.).

Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin](X)

Etymology: The date and the spread of attestations are not in favour of the usual assumption that μισέω is a denominative of μῖσος. Also the Hom. aor. μίσησεν for *μίσε(σ)σεν (analog. after φίλησεν?) tells against it. A convincing etymology has not been found; the connections with Lat. miser and mittō (s. Bq and W.-Hofmann s.v.) are not satisfactory, as is a basis *μίνθι̯ος to μίνθος (Pisani Rend. Acc. Linc. 6 : 5, 218). Fur. 254 who objects to a suffix -σος, assumes a Pre-Greek word with assibilated dental.

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