μάχλος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• μαχλάς (makhlás)
• μάχλης (mákhlēs)

Etymology

Furnée adduces Βάκχος (Bákkhos) (with interchange β/μ) and compares Armenian մահազ (mahaz, “lascivious”), suggesting that all these words are from Asia Minor. The interchange may also lead to a Pre-Greek origin.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /má.kʰlos/ → /ˈma.xlos/ → /ˈma.xlos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /má.kʰlos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈma.kʰlos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈma.xlos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈma.xlos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈma.xlos/

Adjective

μάχλος • (mákhlos) m or f (neuter μάχλον); second declension

1. lewd, lustful (of women)
2. wanton, luxuriant

Declension

Second declension of μᾰ́χλος; μᾰ́χλον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		μᾰ́χλος mákhlos	μᾰ́χλον mákhlon		μᾰ́χλω mákhlō	μᾰ́χλω mákhlō		μᾰ́χλοι mákhloi	μᾰ́χλᾰ mákhla
Genitive		μᾰ́χλου mákhlou	μᾰ́χλου mákhlou		μᾰ́χλοιν mákhloin	μᾰ́χλοιν mákhloin		μᾰ́χλων mákhlōn	μᾰ́χλων mákhlōn
Dative		μᾰ́χλῳ mákhlōi	μᾰ́χλῳ mákhlōi		μᾰ́χλοιν mákhloin	μᾰ́χλοιν mákhloin		μᾰ́χλοις mákhlois	μᾰ́χλοις mákhlois
Accusative		μᾰ́χλον mákhlon	μᾰ́χλον mákhlon		μᾰ́χλω mákhlō	μᾰ́χλω mákhlō		μᾰ́χλους mákhlous	μᾰ́χλᾰ mákhla
Vocative		μᾰ́χλε mákhle	μᾰ́χλον mákhlon		μᾰ́χλω mákhlō	μᾰ́χλω mákhlō		μᾰ́χλοι mákhloi	μᾰ́χλᾰ mákhla
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		μᾰ́χλως mákhlōs			μᾰχλότερος makhlóteros			μᾰχλότᾰτος makhlótatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• μαχλεύομαι (makhleúomai)
• μαχλικός (makhlikós)
• μαχλοσύνη (makhlosúnē)
• μαχλότης (makhlótēs)

 

Related terms

• λάγνος (lágnos)

Further reading

• “μάχλος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “μάχλος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• μάχλος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN