βλέννα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • βλένα (bléna)
  • πλέννα (plénna)

Etymology

Often connected with Sanskrit मृदु (mṛdu, soft, gentle) and Middle Irish blind (slime from the mouth of a dead man). However, according to Furnée, the variations would prove a Pre-Greek origin.

Pronunciation

 

Noun

βλέννα (blénna) f (genitive βλέννης); first declension

  1. mucus
    Synonym: μύξα (múxa)

Inflection

Derived terms

  • βλέννος (blénnos)
  • βλεννός (blennós)
  • βλεννώδης (blennṓdēs)

References


Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek βλεννός (blennós)

Noun

βλέννα (vlénna) f (plural βλέννες)

  1. mucus
  2. snot (colloquial)

Declension

Further reading

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