μύκων
Ancient Greek edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology 1 edit
Uncertain.
Pronunciation edit
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈmy.kon/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈmy.kon/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈmi.kon/
Noun edit
μύκων • (múkōn) ? (indeclinable)
- (hapax) heap
- 5th century C.E., Hesychius of Alexandria, Γλώσσαι, Μ:
- μύκων· σωρός, θημών
- múkōn; sōrós, thēmṓn
- múkōn: pile, stack
Usage notes edit
- Sometimes connected with μύκη (múkē, “chest(?)”),[1] invoking a parallel between the Hesychian entry (read as μύκων· σωρός, θη[κ]ών), and an entry in the Suda:
- c. 10th century CE, Suda Μ:
- μύκη· ἡ θήκη
- múkē; hē thḗkē
- múkē: a chest
- μύκη· ἡ θήκη
References edit
- ^ Helly, Bruno (2019) “L’expression du rapport aux défunts et de la parenté dans les inscriptions funéraires thessaliennes en alphabet épichorique des VIe-Ve s. av. J.-C.”, in Revue de philologie, de littérature et d'histoire anciennes, volume 93, number 2, , pages 91-109
Further reading edit
- μύκων - ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ (since 2011) Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch) University of Chicago.
- “μύκων”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Hesychius' Lexicon: μ
Etymology 2 edit
Unknown.
Pronunciation edit
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈmy.kon/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈmy.kon/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈmi.kon/
Noun edit
μύκων • (múkōn) ? (indeclinable)
- (hapax) a part of the ear
- ante 177 CE, Pollux, Onomasticon 2.86:
- μύκων δὲ, τὸ κατὰ τὴν ῥίζαν ὑπὸ τὸν λοβόν.
- múkōn dè, tò katà tḕn rhízan hupò tòn lobón.
- múkōn: the part down the "root", beneath the lobe.
- μύκων δὲ, τὸ κατὰ τὴν ῥίζαν ὑπὸ τὸν λοβόν.
Further reading edit
- μύκων - ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ (since 2011) Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch) University of Chicago.