μύκων

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

μυκών (mukṓn)
μυχών (mukhṓn)

Etymology 1

Uncertain.

Pronunciation

(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈmy.kon/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈmy.kon/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈmi.kon/

Noun

μύκων • (múkōn) ? (indeclinable)

(hapax) heap
Synonyms: σωρός (sōrós), θημών (thēmṓn)
- 5th century C.E., Hesychius of Alexandria, Γλώσσαι, Μ:
  μύκων· σωρός, θημών
  múkōn; sōrós, thēmṓn
  múkōn: pile, stack

Usage notes

Sometimes connected with μύκη (múkē, “chest(?)”),[1] invoking a parallel between the Hesychian entry (read as μύκων· σωρός, θη[κ]ών), and an entry in the Suda:
- c. 10th century CE, Suda Μ:
  μύκη· ἡ θήκη
  múkē; hē thḗkē
  múkē: a chest

References

Helly, Bruno (2019) “L’expression du rapport aux défunts et de la parenté dans les inscriptions funéraires thessaliennes en alphabet épichorique des VIe-Ve s. av. J.-C.”, in Revue de philologie, de littérature et d'histoire anciennes, volume 93, number 2, →DOI, pages 91-109

Further reading

“μύκων”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011
“μύκων”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Hesychius' Lexicon: μ

Etymology 2

Unknown.

Pronunciation

(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈmy.kon/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈmy.kon/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈmi.kon/

Noun

μύκων • (múkōn) ? (indeclinable)

(hapax) a part of the ear
- ante 177 CE, Pollux, Onomasticon 2.86:
  μύκων δὲ, τὸ κατὰ τὴν ῥίζαν ὑπὸ τὸν λοβόν.
  múkōn dè, tò katà tḕn rhízan hupò tòn lobón.
  múkōn: the part down the "root", beneath the lobe.

Further reading

“μύκων”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011

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