μοιχός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Possibly an agent noun of ὀμείχω (omeíkhō, I urinate), used as a vulgar expression.

Pronunciation

 

Noun

μοιχός • (moikhós) m (genitive μοιχοῦ); second declension

  1. adulterer, paramour

Inflection

References

  • Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

Further reading

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