μῦ
μῦ
Μ, μ, μῦ, τό:—indecl., twelfth letter in the Gr. alphabet: as numerals, μ 40, but Μ 40,000.
μ is the labial liquid, corresponding to β:
changes:
Aeolic and Lacon. into π, as πεδά for μετά.
Attic and Doric into ν, as νιν for μιν; so Lat. ne, num = μή, μῶν.
μ is doubled,
poet. in compds., as ἄμμορος, φιλομμειδής; and after the augm., as ἔλλαβον.
Aeolic, as ἄμμες ὔμμες ἐμμί, for ἡμεῖς ὑμεῖς εἰμί.
μ is added,
at the beginning of a word, as ἴα μία, ὄσχος μόσχος.
in the middle of a word to facilitate pronunciation, as ὄμβριμος ὄβριμος, τύμπανον τύπανον, etc., esp. after redupl., as πίμπλημι for πίπλημι; after α- privat., as ἄμβροτος, ἄβροτος.
No short def.
Headword (normalized):
μῦ
Headword (normalized/stripped):
μυ
Intro Text:
μῦ
Μ, μ, μῦ, τό:—indecl., twelfth letter in the Gr. alphabet: as numerals, μ 40, but Μ 40,000.
μ is the labial liquid, corresponding to β:
changes:
Aeolic and Lacon. into π, as πεδά for μετά.
Attic and Doric into ν, as νιν for μιν; so Lat. ne, num = μή, μῶν.
μ is doubled,
poet. in compds., as ἄμμορος, φιλομμειδής; and after the augm., as ἔλλαβον.
Aeolic, as ἄμμες ὔμμες ἐμμί, for ἡμεῖς ὑμεῖς εἰμί.
μ is added,
at the beginning of a word, as ἴα μία, ὄσχος μόσχος.
in the middle of a word to facilitate pronunciation, as ὄμβριμος ὄβριμος, τύμπανον τύπανον, etc., esp. after redupl., as πίμπλημι for πίπλημι; after α- privat., as ἄμβροτος, ἄβροτος.
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:middle-liddell.perseus-eng2-n21720
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