- ὀμείχω
- ὀμείχωGrammatical information: v.Meaning: `urinate' (Hes. Op. 727; codd. ὀμῑχεῖν, s.below.);Other forms: aor. ὀμεῖξαι (Hippon. 55 A; codd. -ι- or -η-); ἀμῖξαι οὑρῆσαι H.Derivatives: ὀμείχματα = οὑρήματα (A. Fr. 435 = 487 Mette; codd. -ί-).Origin: IE [Indo-European] [713] *h₃meiǵh- `urinate'Etymology: The persistant itacistic notation is due to the popular character of the word. With the old thematic rootpresent ὀμείχω, which was pushed away by the more respectable οὑρέω (after which ὀμιχέω; s. Wackernagel Unt. 225 n. 1 w. lit.), agree exactly, apart from the ὀ- (Schwyzer 411), both Skt. méhati, Av. maēzaiti and Germ., e.g. ONo. mīga `urinate'; to ὀμεῖξαι Lat. mīxī . Other presentformations: Lat. mingō (innovation?), OLith. minžu, Arm. mizem (denom. of mēz `urine', where one wouls expects a vowel from the laryngeal), Lat. meiō (prob. from *h₃meiǵh-i̯ō) etc. -- WP. 2, 245f., Pok. 713, W. -Hofmann and Ernout-Meillet s. meiō and mingō, Fraenkel s. mỹžti, Vasmer s. Mža; everywhere w. wurther forms and lit. -- Here also μοιχός; s. v. The form ἀμ- is unexplained.Page in Frisk: 2,385
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.