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μωκάομαι

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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The following is paraphrased from the entry by Beekes in his Etymological Dictionary of Greek:

Beekes finds obvious to take this verb as an intensive deverbative, suggesting that the rare forms μωκός (mōkós) and μῶκος (môkos) are actually back-formations. He compares intensives like μηκάομαι (mēkáomai) or μῡκάομαι (mūkáomai), but further details are obscure. According to an anonymous source, the word was originally used for a camel, a possible proof of an onomatopoeic origin. Furnée compares μώχεται (mṓkhetai, to be envious, jealous), with a different velar, and concludes that the word is Pre-Greek.

See also μῶμος (mômos, blame, reproach).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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μωκᾰ́ομαι (mōkáomai)

  1. to mimic, and so, ridicule, mock

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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