- μύσταξ
- μύσταξ, -ακοςGrammatical information: m.Meaning: `upper lip, moustache' (Stratt., Eub., Theoc., LXX), Dor. a. Lacon. word (cf. Arist. Fr. 539).Other forms: μύττακες μυκαί (cod. μύκαι). Σικελοί. Ἴωνες (leg. Λάκ-) πώγωνα H. On βύσταξ s. below.Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]Etymology: Acc. to Ehrlich KZ 41, 288 and Güntert Reimwortbildungen 128 transformation of μάσταξ `mouth' after the rare βύσταξ `moustache' (Antiph.), which has itself been explained as an innovation, s. s.v. but see below). Frisk proposes a cross of μάσταξ with μύλλον `lip' (s. v.) "beside other popular words with sound-imitating μῦ"; cf. Chantraine Form. 377 (wit Johansson IF 14, 333). - The variation μ-\/β-, and μύττακες, proves Pre-Greek origin; Fur. 218, 304.Page in Frisk: 2,
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