μῶλυ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Generally compared to Sanskrit मूल (mū́la, “root, radish”). However, Beekes prefers to connect the word with μώλυζα (mṓluza, “head of garlic”), which has a non-Greek suffix. According to Beekes, this noun must consequently be of Pre-Greek origin too. For the υ-stem, compare μίσυ (mísu), βράθυ (bráthu) and σῶρυ (sôru). According to Beekes, all proposed Indo-European etymologies must be rejected.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /mɔ̂ː.ly/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈmo.ly/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈmo.ly/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈmo.ly/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈmo.li/

Noun

μῶλῠ • (môlŭ) n (genitive μώλῠος); third declension

moly, a magic herb mentioned by Homer
(in later writers) kind of garlic (Allium nigrum)

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ μῶλῠ; τοῦ μώλῠος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ μῶλῠ tò môlŭ	τὼ μώλῠε tṑ mṓlŭe	τᾰ̀ μώλῠᾰ tằ mṓlŭă
Genitive	τοῦ μώλῠος toû mṓlŭos	τοῖν μωλῠ́οιν toîn mōlŭ́oin	τῶν μωλῠ́ων tôn mōlŭ́ōn
Dative	τῷ μώλῠῐ̈ tōî mṓlŭĭ̈	τοῖν μωλῠ́οιν toîn mōlŭ́oin	τοῖς μώλῠσῐ / μώλῠσῐν toîs mṓlŭsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸ μῶλῠ tò môlŭ	τὼ μώλῠε tṑ mṓlŭe	τᾰ̀ μώλῠᾰ tằ mṓlŭă
Vocative	μῶλῠ môlŭ	μώλῠε mṓlŭe	μώλῠᾰ mṓlŭă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

→ Latin: mōly
- → English: moly
→ Ottoman Turkish: مولی (moli)