μύξα

Ancient Greek

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *mew-k- (“slip, slime”). Cognates include μύκης (múkēs, “mushroom”), μύσσομαι (mússomai, “to blow the nose”) and Latin mucus.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /mýk.sa/ → /ˈmyk.sa/ → /ˈmik.sa/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /mýk.sa/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈmyk.sa/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈmyk.sa/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈmyk.sa/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈmik.sa/

Noun

μみゅーῠ́ξくしーᾰ • (múxa) f (genitive μみゅーῠ́ξης); first declension

1. mucus, discharge from the nose

   Synonyms: βλέννα (blénna), κόρυζα (kóruza), λέμφος (lémphos)

2. slime of certain fish and snails

Inflection

First declension of ἡ μみゅーῠ́ξくしーᾰ; τたうῆς μみゅーῠ́ξης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ μみゅーῠ́ξくしーᾰ hē múxa	τたうὼ μみゅーῠ́ξくしーᾱ tṑ múxā	αあるふぁἱ μみゅーῠ́ξくしーαあるふぁιいおた hai múxai
Genitive	τたうῆς μみゅーῠ́ξης tês múxēs	τたうοおみくろんῖνにゅー μみゅーῠ́ξくしーαあるふぁιいおたνにゅー toîn múxain	τたうῶνにゅー μみゅーῠξくしーῶνにゅー tôn muxôn
Dative	τたうῇ μみゅーῠ́ξくしーῃ têi múxēi	τたうοおみくろんῖνにゅー μみゅーῠ́ξくしーαあるふぁιいおたνにゅー toîn múxain	τたうαあるふぁῖς μみゅーῠ́ξαις taîs múxais
Accusative	τたうὴνにゅー μみゅーῠ́ξくしーᾰνにゅー tḕn múxan	τたうὼ μみゅーῠ́ξくしーᾱ tṑ múxā	τたうᾱ̀ς μみゅーῠ́ξくしーᾱς tā̀s múxās
Vocative	μみゅーῠ́ξくしーᾰ múxa	μみゅーῠ́ξくしーᾱ múxā	μみゅーῠ́ξくしーαあるふぁιいおた múxai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• μみゅーῠξくしーῖνος (muxînos)
• μみゅーῠξοποιός (muxopoiós)
• μみゅーῠξόρροος (muxórrhoos)
• μみゅーῠξώδης (muxṓdēs)
• μみゅーῠ́ξくしーωおめがνにゅー (múxōn)
• μみゅーῠξωτῆρες (muxōtêres)
• μみゅーῠξくしーᾰ́ζぜーたωおめが (muxázō)
• μみゅーῠξくしーᾰ́ρろーῐοおみくろんνにゅー (muxárion)

 

Etymology 2

The origin is unknown. Compare Armenian մամուխ (mamux, “sloe”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /mýk.sa/ → /ˈmyk.sa/ → /ˈmik.sa/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /mýk.sa/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈmyk.sa/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈmyk.sa/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈmyk.sa/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈmik.sa/

Noun

μみゅーῠ́ξくしーᾰ • (múxa) n pl (genitive μみゅーῠ́ξくしーωおめがνにゅー); second declension

1. sebesten (Cordia myxa)

Declension

Second declension of τたうᾰ̀ μみゅーῠ́ξくしーᾰ; τたうῶνにゅー μみゅーῠ́ξくしーωおめがνにゅー (Attic)

Case / #	Plural
Nominative	τたうᾰ̀ μみゅーῠ́ξくしーᾰ tà múxa
Genitive	τたうῶνにゅー μみゅーῠ́ξくしーωおめがνにゅー tôn múxōn
Dative	τたうοおみくろんῖς μみゅーῠ́ξοις toîs múxois
Accusative	τたうᾰ̀ μみゅーῠ́ξくしーᾰ tà múxa
Vocative	μみゅーῠ́ξくしーᾰ múxa
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: myxa

Further reading

• “μύξα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “μύξα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• μύξα 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
• Bläsing, Uwe (2019) “Die armenischen Pflanzennamen in Peter Simon Pallas’ Flora Rossica. Eine Studie zu Etymologie und sprachlicher Interaktion”, in U. Bläsing, J. Dum-Tragut, T.M. van Lint, editors, Armenian, Hittite, and Indo-European Studies: A Commemoration Volume for Jos J.S. Weitenberg (Hebrew University Armenian Studies; 15) (in German), Leuven: Peeters, pages 13–17

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μύξα (múxa, “mucus”), which shares an origin with μύκης (múkēs, “fungus, mushroom”), from Proto-Indo-European *mew-k- (“slip, slime”). Cognates include Latin mucus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmiksa/
• Hyphenation: μύ‧ξくしーαあるふぁ

Noun

μύξα • (mýxa) f (plural μύξες)

1. (colloquial, familiar) snot, booger, bogey (nasal mucus)

   Σταματά νにゅーαあるふぁ τρως τις μύξες σしぐまοおみくろんυうぷしろん.

   Stamatá na tros tis mýxes sou.

   Stop eating your snot.

2. (colloquial, humorous, figuratively) snot, slob (any slovenly person who causes disgust)

   Μみゅーηいーたνにゅー τρως τたうοおみくろん φαΐ πぱいοおみくろんυうぷしろん έφτιαξε αυτή ηいーた μύξα.

   Min tros to faḯ pou éftiaxe aftí i mýxa.

   Don't eat the food that slob made you.

Declension

declension of μύξα

case     \     number	singular	plural
nominative	μύξα •	μύξες •
genitive	μύξας •	μυξών •
accusative	μύξα •	μύξες •
vocative	μύξα •	μύξες •

Synonyms

• φλέγμα n (flégma) (official term)