μύσος

See also: Μυσός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

The word recalls μῖσος (mîsos, hatred) but remains without certain etymology. Pokorny compares Irish mosach (shaggy, bristly), Low German mussig (dirty) and Russian му́слить (múslitʹ, to suck, beslaver). The group has been compared with the root of μαδάω (madáō, to be moist), but this remains hypothetical.

Pronunciation

 

Noun

μύσος • (músos) n (genitive μύσους); third declension

  1. uncleanness, defilement, pollution

Inflection

Derived terms

  • μύσαγμα (músagma)
  • μυσάζω (musázō)
  • μυσαρία (musaría)
  • μυσαρός (musarós)
  • μυσάρχης (musárkhēs)
  • μυσαρωπός (musarōpós)
  • μυσάττομαι (musáttomai)
  • μυσαχθής (musakhthḗs)
  • μυσαχνός (musakhnós)
  • μύσαχος (músakhos)
  • μυσητός (musētós)

References

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