μύκλος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

This word has been connected to μύκλα (múkla, “black stripe on the neck and feet of the ass”), μυχλός (mukhlós, “Phoenician word for stallion ass”) and Latin mūlus (“mule”). As the breeding of mules originates from Pontic Asia Minor, Frisk remarks that we are probably dealing with a Wanderwort. However, Beekes does not agree with this and claims that the variants prove a Pre-Greek origin, while Furnée thinks that this word must be separated from the others.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /mý.klos/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈmy.klos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈmy.klos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈmy.klos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈmi.klos/

Noun

μῠ́κλος • (mŭ́klos) m (genitive μῠ́κλου); second declension

lewd, lustful person
fold on the donkey's neck

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ μῠ́κλος; τοῦ μῠ́κλου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ μῠ́κλος ho mŭ́klos	τὼ μῠ́κλω tṑ mŭ́klō	οἱ μῠ́κλοι hoi mŭ́kloi
Genitive	τοῦ μῠ́κλου toû mŭ́klou	τοῖν μῠ́κλοιν toîn mŭ́kloin	τῶν μῠ́κλων tôn mŭ́klōn
Dative	τῷ μῠ́κλῳ tōî mŭ́klōi	τοῖν μῠ́κλοιν toîn mŭ́kloin	τοῖς μῠ́κλοις toîs mŭ́klois
Accusative	τὸν μῠ́κλον tòn mŭ́klon	τὼ μῠ́κλω tṑ mŭ́klō	τοὺς μῠ́κλους toùs mŭ́klous
Vocative	μῠ́κλε mŭ́kle	μῠ́κλω mŭ́klō	μῠ́κλοι mŭ́kloi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Pronunciation

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