μυκάομαι

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Of onomatopoeic origin, compare Latin mugio.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /myː.ká.o.mai̯/ → /myˈka.o.mɛ/ → /miˈka.o.me/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /myː.ká.o.mai̯/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /myˈka.o.mɛ/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /myˈka.o.mɛ/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /myˈka.o.me/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /miˈka.o.me/

Verb

μῡκάομαι • (mūkáomai)

1. to moo, low (of oxen)
2. to resound, creak, ring, hiss (of things)

Further reading

• “μυκάομαι”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “μυκάομαι”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “μυκάομαι”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• μυκάομαι in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• μυκάομαι in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963