μῶλαξ
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Lydian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Only attested as a Hesychian gloss. Probably related to Hittite 𒈠𒀀𒄴𒆷𒀸 (māḫlaš, “grapevine”).
Noun[edit]
μῶλαξ (môlax)
- type of wine
- 5th century C.E., Hesychius of Alexandria, Γλώσσαι Μ:
- μῶλαξ· εἶδος οἴνου. οἱ δὲ τὸ ἐν τοῖς ὁρκίοις σπενδόμενον, ἀπὸ τοῦ Τμώλου. ὥς τινες Λυδοὶ τὸν οἶνον
- môlax; eîdos oínou. hoi dè tò en toîs horkíois spendómenon, apò toû Tmṓlou. hṓs tines Ludoì tòn oînon
- môlax: Kind of wine. What they [call] the kind poured out in oaths, [named] after "Tmolos". What some Lydians [call] wine.
- μῶλαξ· εἶδος οἴνου. οἱ δὲ τὸ ἐν τοῖς ὁρκίοις σπενδόμενον, ἀπὸ τοῦ Τμώλου. ὥς τινες Λυδοὶ τὸν οἶνον
Further reading[edit]
- “μῶλαξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “μῶλαξ”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011
- Hesychius' Lexicon: Μ