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

μῠ́ξᾰ • (múxa) f (genitive μῠ́ξης); 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 μῠ́ξᾰ; τῆς μῠ́ξης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ μῠ́ξᾰ hē múxa	τὼ μῠ́ξᾱ tṑ múxā	αἱ μῠ́ξαι hai múxai
Genitive	τῆς μῠ́ξης tês múxēs	τοῖν μῠ́ξαιν toîn múxain	τῶν μῠξῶν tôn muxôn
Dative	τῇ μῠ́ξῃ têi múxēi	τοῖν μῠ́ξαιν toîn múxain	ταῖς μῠ́ξαις taîs múxais
Accusative	τὴν μῠ́ξᾰν tḕn múxan	τὼ μῠ́ξᾱ tṑ múxā	τᾱ̀ς μῠ́ξᾱς tā̀s múxās
Vocative	μῠ́ξᾰ múxa	μῠ́ξᾱ múxā	μῠ́ξαι múxai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• μυκτήρ (muktḗr)
• μῠξᾰ́ζω (muxázō)
• μῠξᾰ́ρῐον (muxárion)
• μῠξῖνος (muxînos)
• μῠξοποιός (muxopoiós)
• μῠξόρροος (muxórrhoos)
• μῠξώδης (muxṓdēs)
• μῠ́ξων (múxōn)
• μῠξωτῆρες (muxōtêres)

 

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

μῠ́ξᾰ • (múxa) n pl (genitive μῠ́ξων); second declension

1. sebesten (Cordia myxa)

Declension

Second declension of τᾰ̀ μῠ́ξᾰ; τῶν μῠ́ξων (Attic)

Case / #	Plural
Nominative	τᾰ̀ μῠ́ξᾰ tà múxa
Genitive	τῶν μῠ́ξων tôn múxōn
Dative	τοῖς μῠ́ξοις toîs múxois
Accusative	τᾰ̀ μῠ́ξᾰ tà múxa
Vocative	μῠ́ξᾰ 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‧ξα

Noun

μύξα • (mýxa) f (plural μύξες)

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

   Σταματά να τρως τις μύξες σου.

   Stamatá na tros tis mýxes sou.

   Stop eating your snot.

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

   Μην τρως το φαΐ που έφτιαξε αυτή η μύξα.

   Min tros to faḯ pou éftiaxe aftí i mýxa.

   Don't eat the food that slob made you.

Declension

Declension of μύξα

	singular	plural
nominative	μύξα •	μύξες •
genitive	μύξας •	μυξών •
accusative	μύξα •	μύξες •
vocative	μύξα •	μύξες •

Synonyms

• φλέγμα n (flégma) (official term)