μίσγω

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *miǵ-sḱeti, from *meyḱ-, *meyǵ-.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /míz.ɡɔː/ → /ˈmiz.ɣo/ → /ˈmiz.ɣo/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /míz.ɡɔː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈmiz.ɡo/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈmiz.ɣo/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈmiz.ɣo/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈmiz.ɣo/

Verb

μίσγω • (mísgō)

1. Synonym of μίγνῡμι (mígnūmi, “to mix”)

Conjugation

   Present: μῐ́σγω, μῐ́σγομαι

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	μῐ́σγω	μῐ́σγεις	μῐ́σγει	μῐ́σγετον	μῐ́σγετον	μῐ́σγομεν	μῐ́σγετε	μῐ́σγουσῐ(ν)
	subjunctive	μῐ́σγω	μῐ́σγῃς	μῐ́σγῃ	μῐ́σγητον	μῐ́σγητον	μῐ́σγωμεν	μῐ́σγητε	μῐ́σγωσῐ(ν)
	optative	μῐ́σγοιμῐ	μῐ́σγοις	μῐ́σγοι	μῐ́σγοιτον	μῐσγοίτην	μῐ́σγοιμεν	μῐ́σγοιτε	μῐ́σγοιεν
	imperative		μῐ́σγε	μῐσγέτω	μῐ́σγετον	μῐσγέτων		μῐ́σγετε	μῐσγόντων
middle/ passive	indicative	μῐ́σγομαι	μῐ́σγῃ, μῐ́σγει	μῐ́σγεται	μῐ́σγεσθον	μῐ́σγεσθον	μῐσγόμεθᾰ	μῐ́σγεσθε	μῐ́σγονται
	subjunctive	μῐ́σγωμαι	μῐ́σγῃ	μῐ́σγηται	μῐ́σγησθον	μῐ́σγησθον	μῐσγώμεθᾰ	μῐ́σγησθε	μῐ́σγωνται
	optative	μῐσγοίμην	μῐ́σγοιο	μῐ́σγοιτο	μῐ́σγοισθον	μῐσγοίσθην	μῐσγοίμεθᾰ	μῐ́σγοισθε	μῐ́σγοιντο
	imperative		μῐ́σγου	μῐσγέσθω	μῐ́σγεσθον	μῐσγέσθων		μῐ́σγεσθε	μῐσγέσθων
		active				middle/passive
infinitive		μῐ́σγειν				μῐ́σγεσθαι
participle	m	μῐ́σγων				μῐσγόμενος
	f	μῐ́σγουσᾰ				μῐσγομένη
	n	μῐ́σγον				μῐσγόμενον
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

   Imperfect: ἔμῐσγον, ἐμῐσγόμην

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	ἔμῐσγον	ἔμῐσγες	ἔμῐσγε(ν)	ἐμῐ́σγετον	ἐμῐσγέτην	ἐμῐ́σγομεν	ἐμῐ́σγετε	ἔμῐσγον
middle/ passive	indicative	ἐμῐσγόμην	ἐμῐ́σγου	ἐμῐ́σγετο	ἐμῐ́σγεσθον	ἐμῐσγέσθην	ἐμῐσγόμεθᾰ	ἐμῐ́σγεσθε	ἐμῐ́σγοντο
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

   Imperfect: μῐ́σγον, μῐσγόμην (Epic)

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	μῐ́σγον	μῐ́σγες	μῐ́σγε(ν)	μῐ́σγετον	μῐσγέτην	μῐ́σγομεν	μῐ́σγετε	μῐ́σγον
middle/ passive	indicative	μῐσγόμην	μῐ́σγου	μῐ́σγετο	μῐ́σγεσθον	μῐσγέσθην	μῐσγόμε(σ)θᾰ	μῐ́σγεσθε	μῐ́σγοντο
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms are based on conjecture. Use with caution. For more details, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

   Imperfect: ἐμῐ́σγεσκον, ἐμῐσγεσκόμην (Epic)

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	ἐμῐ́σγεσκον	ἐμῐ́σγεσκες	ἐμῐ́σγεσκε(ν)	ἐμῐσγέσκετον	ἐμῐσγεσκέτην	ἐμῐσγέσκομεν	ἐμῐσγέσκετε	ἐμῐ́σγεσκον
middle/ passive	indicative	ἐμῐσγεσκόμην	ἐμῐσγέσκου	ἐμῐσγέσκετο	ἐμῐσγέσκεσθον	ἐμῐσγεσκέσθην	ἐμῐσγεσκόμε(σ)θᾰ	ἐμῐσγέσκεσθε	ἐμῐσγέσκοντο
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms are based on conjecture. Use with caution. For more details, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

See μίγνῡμι (mígnūmi) for all other forms.

Derived terms

• ἀναμίσγω (anamísgō)
• διαμίσγω (diamísgō)
• ἐγκαταμίσγω (enkatamísgō)
• ἐμμίσγω (emmísgō)
• ἐπιμίσγω (epimísgō)
• καταμίσγω (katamísgō)
• μεταμίσγω (metamísgō)
• μισγάγκεια (misgánkeia)
• παραμίσγω (paramísgō)
• προσμίσγω (prosmísgō)
• προσυμμίσγω (prosummísgō)
• συμμίσγω (summísgō)
• συναναμίσγω (sunanamísgō)

 

Further reading

• “μίσγω”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• μίσγω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• μίσγω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• μίσγω in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
• “μίσγω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “μίσγω”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter