moly
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Latin mōly, from Ancient Greek μῶλυ (môlu) (probably a loanword).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
moly (countable and uncountable, plural molies)
- (Greek mythology) A magic herb or plant used by Odysseus to overcome Circe.
- 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Printed by John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition II, section 4, member 1, subsection iii:
- It excels Homers moly, cures this, falling sickness, and almost all other infirmities.
- 1832 December (indicated as 1833), Alfred Tennyson, “The Lotos-Eaters”, in Poems, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 114:
- Or, propt on beds of amaranth and moly, / How sweet (while warm airs lull us, blowing lowly,)
- 1980, Homer, translated by Walter Shrewing, The Odyssey, Oxford, published 1998, page 120:
- So spoke the Radiant One; then gave me the magic herb, pulling it from the ground and showing me in what form it grew; its root was black, its flower milk-white. Its name among the gods is moly.
- 2018, Madeline Miller, Circe, Bloomsbury 2019, p. 113:
- I would need all the secret herbs of Dicte […] . I would need as well the rest of my moly stores.
- Any plant associated with the mythological moly, especially the European allium, Allium moly.
Etymology 2 edit
Clipping of molybdenum.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
moly (uncountable)
- (informal) Molybdenum.
- 1990, John Wegg, General Dynamics Aircraft and Their Predecessors, page 55:
- The fuselage and tail unit were constructed of welded chrome-moly steel tubing, fabric covered, with two seats in one elongated open 'bathtub' cockpit.
- (slang) Molybdenum grease.
Derived terms edit
Anagrams edit
French edit
Noun edit
moly m (plural molys)
- moly (plant)
Further reading edit
- “moly”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Hungarian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from a Slavic language. Compare Czech mol and Slovak moľ.[1]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
moly (plural molyok)
- moth (a usually nocturnal insect of the order Lepidoptera, distinguished from butterflies by feather-like antennae)
Declension edit
Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | moly | molyok |
accusative | molyt | molyokat |
dative | molynak | molyoknak |
instrumental | mollyal | molyokkal |
causal-final | molyért | molyokért |
translative | mollyá | molyokká |
terminative | molyig | molyokig |
essive-formal | molyként | molyokként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | molyban | molyokban |
superessive | molyon | molyokon |
adessive | molynál | molyoknál |
illative | molyba | molyokba |
sublative | molyra | molyokra |
allative | molyhoz | molyokhoz |
elative | molyból | molyokból |
delative | molyról | molyokról |
ablative | molytól | molyoktól |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
molyé | molyoké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
molyéi | molyokéi |
Possessive forms of moly | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | molyom | molyaim |
2nd person sing. | molyod | molyaid |
3rd person sing. | molya | molyai |
1st person plural | molyunk | molyaink |
2nd person plural | molyotok | molyaitok |
3rd person plural | molyuk | molyaik |
Derived terms edit
Compound words
Expressions
See also edit
References edit
- ^ moly in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)
Further reading edit
- moly in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ancient Greek μῶλυ (môlu), which was most likely a loanword.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈmoː.ly/, [ˈmoːlʲʏ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈmo.li/, [ˈmɔːli]
Noun edit
mōly n (genitive mōlyos); third declension
- Moly, a magic herb used by Odysseus to ward him from the spells of Circe.
- A plant comparable with the mythological moly, especially the European allium, Allium moly.
Declension edit
Third-declension noun (Greek-type, normal variant, neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | mōly | mōlya |
Genitive | mōlyos | mōlyum |
Dative | mōlyī | mōlyibus |
Accusative | mōly | mōlya |
Ablative | mōlye | mōlyibus |
Vocative | mōly | mōlya |
Descendants edit
- → English: moly
References edit
- “moly”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “moly”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “moly”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- moly in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 990.
Slovincian edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *malъ.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
moly (comparative mjênszy, superlative nomjênszy)
Further reading edit
- Lorentz, Friedrich (1908) “mǻu̯lï”, in Slovinzisches Wörterbuch[1] (in German), volume 1, Saint Petersburg: ОРЯС ИАН, page 620