- μόσχος 2
- μόσχος 2Grammatical information: m.Meaning: `musk' (Aët., Alex. Trall.).Derivatives: μοσχίτης = ὀσμύλος, name of a sea-octopus, that gives a strong smell (Sch. Opp. H. 1, 307; Redard 83).Origin: LW [a loanword which is (probably) not of Pre-Greek origin] Iran.Etymology: From Pers. mušk `id.' (from Skt. muṣkáḥ m. `testicle', because of the form; cf. μυσχον τὸ ἀνδρεῖον καὶ γυναικεῖον μόριον H., s. also μῦς). Here also (through Greek?) late Lat. muscus `id.' with muscātus, -um; from there the Europ. forms. W.-Hofmann s.v., Lokotsch Et. Wb. Nr. 1515a.Page in Frisk: 2,259-260
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.