- μοτός
- μοτόςGrammatical information: m.Meaning: `lint pledget, lint, compress, tampon'(Hp., Dsc.); pl. τὰ μότα (Call., H.; as μηρός : μῆρα a.o.), gen. μοτάων (Q. S. 4, 212; verse-end); μοτὸς ... κοῖλος `drainage tube' (Hp.).Compounds: Compp. μοτο-φύλαξ m., -άκιον n. `bandage, to retain a compress' (Medic.), ἔμ-μοτος `provided with μ., treated', also `ulcerating', of wounds (Medic. since Hp.), also metaph. (A. Ch. 471), cf. Bechtel Dial. 3, 294 f.Derivatives: Dimin. μοτάριον (Gal., EM; Lat. motarium); further μότ-ωμα n. `lint dressing' (Hp., pap.), -ημα n. `linen, oakum' (pap.). Denomin. μοτόω, also with δια-, ἐπι-, περι-, `stop up, tampon' with (δια-, περι-)μότω-σις ` tampon' (Medic., LXX), backformation διάμοτον n. `lint, tent' (Paul.Aeg.); besides ἐμ-μοτέω `id.' (Medic.).Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]Etymology: Medical echnical expressions without etymology. Arbitrary hypotheses of Prellwitz (s. Bq) and W.-Hofmann s. motā-rium; new proposal by Sommer A. u. Sprw. 53 f.: to μοτρο-γένειος H. (cod. [at alphab. unrighteous position] μοτρο-γένειον σπανίῳ πώγωνι; cf. Schmidt ad loc.), Μοτ(τ)ύλος. Fur. 182 compares μόδα στρώματα; if so Pre-Greek.Page in Frisk: 2,260
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