"μύραινα" meaning in Ancient Greek

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Noun

IPA: /my̌ː.rai̯.na/, /ˈmy.rɛ.na/, /ˈmi.re.na/, /my̌ː.rai̯.na/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /ˈmy.rɛ.na/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ˈmy.rɛ.na/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ˈmy.re.na/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ˈmi.re.na/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: Traditionally connected with σμύρις (smúris, “emery powder”) and with words for 'grease, fat', like Proto-Germanic *smerwą (“grease”), which would fit the eel as a fat creature. However, this does not explain the long "ῡ". According to Beekes, names of fish are often Pre-Greek and the suffix -αινᾰ (-aina) is well-known in such words. Etymology templates: {{cog|gem-pro|*smerwą||grease}} Proto-Germanic *smerwą (“grease”), {{der|grc|qsb-grc|-}} Pre-Greek Head templates: {{grc-noun|μῡ́ραινα|μῡραίνης|f|first}} μῡ́ραινα • (mū́raina) f (genitive μῡραίνης); first declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|μῡ́ραινᾰ|ης}} Forms: μῡ́ραινα [canonical], mū́raina [romanization], μῡραίνης [genitive], Attic declension-1 [table-tags], ἡ μῡ́ραινᾰ [nominative, singular], τὼ μῡραίνᾱ [dual, nominative], αἱ μῡ́ραιναι [nominative, plural], τῆς μῡραίνης [genitive, singular], τοῖν μῡραίναιν [dual, genitive], τῶν μῡραινῶν [genitive, plural], τῇ μῡραίνῃ [dative, singular], τοῖν μῡραίναιν [dative, dual], ταῖς μῡραίναις [dative, plural], τὴν μῡ́ραινᾰν [accusative, singular], τὼ μῡραίνᾱ [accusative, dual], τᾱ̀ς μῡραίνᾱς [accusative, plural], μῡ́ραινᾰ [singular, vocative], μῡραίνᾱ [dual, vocative], μῡ́ραιναι [plural, vocative]
  1. moray eel Categories (lifeform): Fish Synonyms: σμύραινα (smúraina)

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