- μῶμαι
- μῶμαιGrammatical information: v.Meaning: `strive, try, desire' (poet.).Other forms: 3. sg. μῶται (Epich.), 3. pl. μῶνται (Euph. [IIIa]), opt. μῳ̃το (Stob.; El. μαῖτο?, Fraenkel Nom. ag. 1, 45, Bechtel Dial. 2, 854), inf. μῶσθαι (Thgn.), ptc. μώμενος (A., S.), aor. ἐμώσατο εὗρεν, ἐτεχνάσατο, ἐζήτησεν H.Derivatives: μῶσις f. `searching' (Corn.).Origin: XX [etym. unknown]Etymology: Whether the primary μῶμαι is an athematic formation or a yot-present cannot be established (cf. Schwyzer 675 n. 8). There is little support for the supposition of Bechtel (Lex. s. μαιμάω), that μῶμαι goes back on a lost perfect. The hapax ἐμώσατο is an innovation to μῶμαι. Connection with the reduplicated μαι-μά-ω and the ambiguous μαίομαι (s. vv.) is possible; here also after Fick 1, 507 Lat. mōs `habit', after Prellwitz BB 26, 309ff. Germ., e.g. Goth. moÞs 'Mut, anger'. More, also quite hypothetic combinations in WP. 2, 238f., Pok. 704f., W.-Hofmann s. mōs.Page in Frisk: 2,
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