μυχός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

The connection with Old Armenian մխեմ (mxem, “to insert; to immerse”) is obsolete and semantically doubtful. The group of Old Norse smjúga (“to slip in”) and Middle High German smiegen (“to nestle”) may theoretically derive from Proto-Indo-European *smewgʰ- like Greek, but the Germanic words may also go back to *(s)mewk- and correspond to Lithuanian smùkti (“to glide away”). Furnée thinks that this noun is Pre-Greek, but without further arguments. One argument could be the gloss βύσσαλος (bússalos, “depth, abyss”), if it really belongs here; another gloss would be μοχοῖ (mokhoî, “within, inside”), with a vocalic interchange.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /my.kʰós/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /myˈkʰos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /myˈxos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /myˈxos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /miˈxos/

Noun

μῠχός • (mŭkhós) m (genitive μῠχοῦ); second declension

the inmost or furthest part of a place
recess, nook

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ μῠχός; τοῦ μῠχοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ μῠχός ho mŭkhós	τὼ μῠχώ tṑ mŭkhṓ	οἱ μῠχοί hoi mŭkhoí
Genitive	τοῦ μῠχοῦ toû mŭkhoû	τοῖν μῠχοῖν toîn mŭkhoîn	τῶν μῠχῶν tôn mŭkhôn
Dative	τῷ μῠχῷ tōî mŭkhōî	τοῖν μῠχοῖν toîn mŭkhoîn	τοῖς μῠχοῖς toîs mŭkhoîs
Accusative	τὸν μῠχόν tòn mŭkhón	τὼ μῠχώ tṑ mŭkhṓ	τοὺς μῠχούς toùs mŭkhoús
Vocative	μῠχέ mŭkhé	μῠχώ mŭkhṓ	μῠχοί mŭkhoí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Alternative neuter plural:

Second declension of τᾰ̀ μῠχᾰ́; τῶν μῠχῶν (Attic)

Case / #	Plural
Nominative	τᾰ̀ μῠχᾰ́ tằ mŭkhắ
Genitive	τῶν μῠχῶν tôn mŭkhôn
Dative	τοῖς μῠχοῖς toîs mŭkhoîs
Accusative	τᾰ̀ μῠχᾰ́ tằ mŭkhắ
Vocative	μῠχᾰ́ mŭkhắ
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

ἀμυχή (amukhḗ)
Ἑπταμυχία (Heptamukhía)
ἑπτάμυχος (heptámukhos)
μυχάλμη (mukhálmē)
μύχαλος (múkhalos)
μυχάς (mukhás)
μύχατος (múkhatos)
μυχή (mukhḗ)
μύχιος (múkhios)
μυχόθεν (mukhóthen)
μυχοίτατος (mukhoítatos)
μυχόνοος (mukhónoos)
μυχόομαι (mukhóomai)
μυχόπεδον (mukhópedon)
μυχοπόντιον (mukhopóntion)
μυχορήμων (mukhorḗmōn)
μυχῷ (mukhōî)
μυχώδης (mukhṓdēs)
πεντάμυχος (pentámukhos)