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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.

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