- ἀμύσσω
- ἀμύσσωGrammatical information: v.Meaning: `scratch, tear, lacerate' (Il.).Other forms: ἀμύσχεσθαι. τό ξέειν τὰς σάρκας τοῖς ὄνυξιν. H; ἀμυχή.Derivatives: ἀμυχή `rent, wound' (Hp.); ἀμυχμός `id.' (Theoc.), ἄμυγμα `rending' (S.,). - Adv. ἀμύξ (ἐμφῦσα Nic.) = μόλις (Euph.). - Also ἀμυκάλαι αἱ ἀκίδες τῶν βελῶν H., EM; cf. Chantr. Form. 245ff., Schwyzer 483 : 4. Cf. ἀμύσχεσθαι. τό ξέειν τὰς σάρκας τοῖς ὄνυξιν. H.Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]Etymology: Root *ἀμυκ\/χ-, which would be IE *h₂muk\/gʰ-. One compares Lat. mucro `sharp point, sword' (from an adj. *muk-ros `pointed?'). Further Lith. mùšti `beat' and OE gemyscan `afflict, tease' (Holthausen IF 48, 266). Fur. 347 accepts the comparison with Latin, but as a substr. word (his assimilation rule α- \> ε- before υ\/ι , 346 n. 33, seems doubtful to me). The form ἀμυσχ- shows a typical Pre-Greek variation.Page in Frisk: 1,97-98
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.