μυελός
Ancient Greek edit
Alternative forms edit
- μυαλός (mualós)
Etymology edit
The word has been linked with μυών (muṓn, “cluster of muscles”), because they are both soft. According to Beekes and Chantraine, the noun is from Pre-Greek.
Pronunciation edit
In Homer, μῡελός:
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /myː.e.lós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /my.eˈlos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /my.eˈlos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /my.eˈlos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /mi.eˈlos/
In Attic, μῠελός:
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /my.e.lós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /my.eˈlos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /my.eˈlos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /my.eˈlos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /mi.eˈlos/
Noun edit
μυελός • (muelós) m (genitive μυελοῦ); second declension
- (anatomy) marrow
- inmost part, marrow
- (figuratively) best part
Inflection edit
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ μυελός ho muelós |
τὼ μυελώ tṑ muelṓ |
οἱ μυελοί hoi mueloí | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ μυελοῦ toû mueloû |
τοῖν μυελοῖν toîn mueloîn |
τῶν μυελῶν tôn muelôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ μυελῷ tôi muelôi |
τοῖν μυελοῖν toîn mueloîn |
τοῖς μυελοῖς toîs mueloîs | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν μυελόν tòn muelón |
τὼ μυελώ tṑ muelṓ |
τοὺς μυελούς toùs mueloús | ||||||||||
Vocative | μυελέ muelé |
μυελώ muelṓ |
μυελοί mueloí | ||||||||||
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Derived terms edit
- ἀμύελος (amúelos)
- μυελαυξής (muelauxḗs)
- μυέλινος (muélinos)
- μυελόεις (muelóeis)
- μυελόθεν (muelóthen)
- μυελόομαι (muelóomai)
- μυελοποιός (muelopoiós)
- μυελοτρεφής (muelotrephḗs)
- μυελώδης (muelṓdēs)
Descendants edit
References edit
- “μυελός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “μυελός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- μυελός 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