moly
See also: möly and молы
English
Etymology 1
From Latin mōly, from Ancient Greek μῶλυ (môlu) (probably a loanword).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈməʊli/
- Rhymes: -əʊli
Audio (RP) (file)
Noun
moly (countable and uncountable, plural molies)
- A magic herb or plant used by Odysseus to overcome Circe.
- 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Printed by John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, OCLC 54573970, partition II, section 4, member 1, subsection iii:
- It excels Homers moly, cures this, falling sickness, and almost all other infirmities.
- 1980, Walter Shrewing, trans. Homer, The Odyssey, Oxford 1998, p.120:
- So spoke the Radiant One; then gave me the magic herb, pulling it from the ground and showing me in what form it grew; its root was black, its flower milk-white. Its name among the gods is moly.
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- Any plant associated with the mythological moly, especially the European allium, Allium moly.
Etymology 2
Clipping of molybdenum.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈmɒli/
Audio (UK) (file) - Rhymes: -ɒli
- Homophone: molly
Noun
moly (uncountable)
- (informal) molybdenum
- 1990, John Wegg, General Dynamics Aircraft and Their Predecessors (page 55)
- The fuselage and tail unit were constructed of welded chrome-moly steel tubing, fabric covered, with two seats in one elongated open 'bathtub' cockpit.
- 1990, John Wegg, General Dynamics Aircraft and Their Predecessors (page 55)
- (slang) molybdenum grease
Anagrams
- mylo-
French
Noun
moly m (plural molys)
- moly (plant)
Further reading
- “moly”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Hungarian
Etymology
Borrowed from a Slavic language. Compare Czech mol and Slovak moľ.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈmoj]
- Hyphenation: moly
- Rhymes: -oj
Noun
moly (plural molyok)
- moth (a usually nocturnal insect of the order Lepidoptera, distinguished from butterflies by feather-like antennae)
Declension
| Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | moly | molyok |
| accusative | molyt | molyokat |
| dative | molynak | molyoknak |
| instrumental | mollyal | molyokkal |
| causal-final | molyért | molyokért |
| translative | mollyá | molyokká |
| terminative | molyig | molyokig |
| essive-formal | molyként | molyokként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | molyban | molyokban |
| superessive | molyon | molyokon |
| adessive | molynál | molyoknál |
| illative | molyba | molyokba |
| sublative | molyra | molyokra |
| allative | molyhoz | molyokhoz |
| elative | molyból | molyokból |
| delative | molyról | molyokról |
| ablative | molytól | molyoktól |
| non-attributive possessive - singular | molyé | molyoké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural | molyéi | molyokéi |
| Possessive forms of moly | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | molyom | molyaim |
| 2nd person sing. | molyod | molyaid |
| 3rd person sing. | molya | molyai |
| 1st person plural | molyunk | molyaink |
| 2nd person plural | molyotok | molyaitok |
| 3rd person plural | molyuk | molyaik |
Derived terms
- molyos
- molytalan
Compound words
- barackmoly
- fenyőtű-aknázómoly
- fenyőtű-borzasmoly
- hagymamoly
- könyvmoly
- molyette
- molyirtó
- molykár
- molylepke
- molyrágás
- molyzsák
Expressions
- barackrágó sarlósmoly
- mezei gabonamoly
- répaaknázó moly
See also
- lepke
- pillangó
- Appendix:Hungarian words with ly
References
- moly in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)
Further reading
- moly in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek μῶλυ (môlu), which was most likely a loanword.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈmoː.ly/, [ˈmoːlʲʏ]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈmo.li/, [ˈmɔːli]
Noun
mōly n (genitive mōlyos); third declension
- Moly, a magic herb used by Odysseus to ward him from the spells of Circe.
- A plant comparable with the mythological moly, especially the European allium, Allium moly.
Declension
Third-declension noun (Greek-type, normal variant, neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | mōly | mōlya |
| Genitive | mōlyos | mōlyum |
| Dative | mōlyī | mōlyibus |
| Accusative | mōly | mōlya |
| Ablative | mōlye | mōlyibus |
| Vocative | mōly | mōlya |
Descendants
- → English: moly
References
- “moly”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “moly”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “moly”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- moly in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 990