μύξα

Ancient Greek

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *mew-k- (“slip, slime”). Cognates include μύκης (múkēs, “mushroom”), μύσσομαι (mússomai, “to blow the nose”) and Latin mucus.

Pronunciation
 

Noun

μῠ́ξᾰ • (múxa) f (genitive μῠ́ξης); first declension

  1. mucus, discharge from the nose
    Synonyms: βλέννα (blénna), κόρυζα (kóruza), λέμφος (lémphos)
  2. slime of certain fish and snails
Inflection
First declension of ἡ μῠ́ξᾰ; τῆς μῠ́ξης (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ μῠ́ξᾰ
hē múxa		 τὼ μῠ́ξᾱ
tṑ múxā		 αἱ μῠ́ξαι
hai múxai
Genitive τῆς μῠ́ξης
tês múxēs		 τοῖν μῠ́ξαιν
toîn múxain		 τῶν μῠξῶν
tôn muxôn
Dative τῇ μῠ́ξῃ
têi múxēi		 τοῖν μῠ́ξαιν
toîn múxain		 ταῖς μῠ́ξαις
taîs múxais
Accusative τὴν μῠ́ξᾰν
tḕn múxan		 τὼ μῠ́ξᾱ
tṑ múxā		 τᾱ̀ς μῠ́ξᾱς
tā̀s múxās
Vocative μῠ́ξᾰ
múxa		 μῠ́ξᾱ
múxā		 μῠ́ξαι
múxai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
Derived terms
  • μῠξῖνος (muxînos)
  • μῠξοποιός (muxopoiós)
  • μῠξόρροος (muxórrhoos)
  • μῠξώδης (muxṓdēs)
  • μῠ́ξων (múxōn)
  • μῠξωτῆρες (muxōtêres)
  • μῠξᾰ́ζω (muxázō)
  • μῠξᾰ́ρῐον (muxárion)

Etymology 2

The origin is unknown. Compare Armenian մամուխ (mamux, “sloe”).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

μῠ́ξᾰ • (múxa) n pl (genitive μῠ́ξων); second declension

  1. sebesten (Cordia myxa)
Declension
Second declension of τᾰ̀ μῠ́ξᾰ; τῶν μῠ́ξων (Attic)
Case / # Plural
Nominative τᾰ̀ μῠ́ξᾰ
tà múxa
Genitive τῶν μῠ́ξων
tôn múxōn
Dative τοῖς μῠ́ξοις
toîs múxois
Accusative τᾰ̀ μῠ́ξᾰ
tà múxa
Vocative μῠ́ξᾰ
múxa
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
Descendants
  • → Latin: myxa

Further reading
  • “μύξα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “μύξα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • μύξα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
  • 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
  • Bläsing, Uwe (2019) “Die armenischen Pflanzennamen in Peter Simon Pallas’ Flora Rossica. Eine Studie zu Etymologie und sprachlicher Interaktion”, in U. Bläsing, J. Dum-Tragut, T.M. van Lint, editors, Armenian, Hittite, and Indo-European Studies: A Commemoration Volume for Jos J.S. Weitenberg (Hebrew University Armenian Studies; 15) (in German), Leuven: Peeters, pages 13–17

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μύξα (múxa, “mucus”), which shares an origin with μύκης (múkēs, “fungus, mushroom”), from Proto-Indo-European *mew-k- (“slip, slime”). Cognates include Latin mucus.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈmiksa/
  • Hyphenation: μύ‧ξα

Noun

μύξα • (mýxa) f (plural μύξες)

  1. (colloquial, familiar) snot, booger, bogey (nasal mucus)
    Σταματά να τρως τις μύξες σου.
    Stamatá na tros tis mýxes sou.
    Stop eating your snot.
  2. (colloquial, humorous, figuratively) snot, slob (any slovenly person who causes disgust)
    Μην τρως το φαΐ που έφτιαξε αυτή η μύξα.
    Min tros to faḯ pou éftiaxe aftí i mýxa.
    Don't eat the food that slob made you.

Declension
declension of μύξα
case     \     number singular plural
nominative μύξα • μύξες •
genitive μύξας • μυξών •
accusative μύξα • μύξες •
vocative μύξα • μύξες •

Synonyms
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