"μολοβρός" meaning in Ancient Greek

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Noun

IPA: /mo.lo.brós/, /mo.loˈβros/, /mo.loˈvros/, /mo.lo.brós/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /mo.loˈbros/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /mo.loˈβros/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /mo.loˈvros/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /mo.loˈvros/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: Numerous doubtful proposals have been advanced. In antiquity, it has been linked to μολεῖν (moleîn), aorist infinitive of βλώσκω (blṓskō, “to go or come”), interpreting the word as "from going, and having recourse to food", which is clearly folk etymology. Neumann derives it from an unattested word *μολος (*molos), related to Sanskrit मल (mala, “dirt, filth”), and the root *gʷerh₃- (“to eat, devour”). Although this is clearly better than earlier proposals, it does not explain the second element -βρος. According to Beekes, it is rather a Pre-Greek word. Furnée compares κολόβριον (kolóbrion, “young of a swine”), suggesting an interchange μ/κ. Etymology templates: {{cog|sa|मल||dirt, filth}} Sanskrit मल (mala, “dirt, filth”), {{der|grc|qsb-grc|-}} Pre-Greek Head templates: {{grc-noun|μολοβροῦ|m|second}} μολοβρός • (molobrós) m (genitive μολοβροῦ); second declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|μολοβρός|οῦ}} Forms: molobrós [romanization], μολοβροῦ [genitive], Attic declension-2 [table-tags], ὁ μολοβρός [nominative, singular], τὼ μολοβρώ [dual, nominative], οἱ μολοβροί [nominative, plural], τοῦ μολοβροῦ [genitive, singular], τοῖν μολοβροῖν [dual, genitive], τῶν μολοβρῶν [genitive, plural], τῷ μολοβρῷ [dative, singular], τοῖν μολοβροῖν [dative, dual], τοῖς μολοβροῖς [dative, plural], τὸν μολοβρόν [accusative, singular], τὼ μολοβρώ [accusative, dual], τοὺς μολοβρούς [accusative, plural], μολοβρέ [singular, vocative], μολοβρώ [dual, vocative], μολοβροί [plural, vocative]
  1. term of abuse or depreciation applied to a beggar, of uncertain meaning Derived forms: μολόβρῐον (molóbrion), μολοβρῑ́της (molobrī́tēs)
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        "1": "sa",
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        "3": "",
        "4": "dirt, filth"
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    },
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μολοβρώ",
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
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      "roman": "molobroí",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "vocative"
      ]
    }
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      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
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          ],
          "source": "w"
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          "word": "μολόβρῐον"
        },
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          "word": "μολοβρῑ́της"
        }
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      "ipa": "/mo.lo.brós/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mo.loˈβros/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mo.loˈvros/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mo.lo.brós/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mo.loˈbros/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mo.loˈβros/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mo.loˈvros/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mo.loˈvros/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "μολοβρός"
}
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    },
    {
      "roman": "molobrī́tēs",
      "word": "μολοβρῑ́της"
    }
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        "3": "",
        "4": "dirt, filth"
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    },
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      },
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    }
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  "forms": [
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      "tags": [
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      ]
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      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
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      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "Second declension",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ὁ μολοβρός",
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ μολοβρώ",
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      "source": "inflection",
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    },
    {
      "form": "οἱ μολοβροί",
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῦ μολοβροῦ",
      "roman": "toû molobroû",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν μολοβροῖν",
      "roman": "toîn molobroîn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῶν μολοβρῶν",
      "roman": "tôn molobrôn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῷ μολοβρῷ",
      "roman": "tôi molobrôi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν μολοβροῖν",
      "roman": "toîn molobroîn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖς μολοβροῖς",
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὸν μολοβρόν",
      "roman": "tòn molobrón",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ μολοβρώ",
      "roman": "tṑ molobrṓ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοὺς μολοβρούς",
      "roman": "toùs molobroús",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μολοβρέ",
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      "tags": [
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        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μολοβρώ",
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μολοβροί",
      "roman": "molobroí",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "μολοβροῦ",
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      },
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        "Ancient Greek nouns",
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        "Ancient Greek terms derived from a Pre-Greek substrate",
        "Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation",
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      ],
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        ],
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mo.loˈβros/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mo.loˈvros/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mo.lo.brós/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mo.loˈbros/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mo.loˈβros/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mo.loˈvros/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mo.loˈvros/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "μολοβρός"
}

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