μῶλυ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Generally compared to Sanskrit मूल॑ (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
(Koine) kind of garlic (Allium nigrum)

Declension

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 / μώλυι tōî mṓlŭĭ̈ / mṓlui	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.

Third declension of μῶλῠ; μώλῠος (Epic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	μῶλῠ môlŭ	μώλῠε mṓlŭe	μώλῠᾰ mṓlŭă
Genitive	μώλῠος mṓlŭos	μωλῠ́οιῐ̈ν mōlŭ́oiĭ̈n	μωλῠ́ων mōlŭ́ōn
Dative	μώλῠῐ̈ / μώλυι mṓlŭĭ̈ / mṓlui	μωλῠ́οιῐ̈ν mōlŭ́oiĭ̈n	μώλῠσῐ / μώλῠσῐν / μώλῠσσῐ / μώλῠσσῐν / μωλῠ́εσσῐ / μωλῠ́εσσῐν mṓlŭsĭ(n) / mṓlŭssĭ(n) / mōlŭ́essĭ(n)
Accusative	μῶλῠ môlŭ	μώλῠε mṓlŭe	μώλῠᾰ mṓlŭă
Vocative	μῶλῠ môlŭ	μώλῠε mṓlŭe	μώλῠᾰ mṓlŭă
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Descendants

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

Adjective

μῶλῠ • (môlŭ)

inflection of μῶλῠς (môlŭs):
1. masculine/feminine vocative singular
2. neuter nominative/accusative/vocative singular