moly

From Latin mōly, from Ancient Greek μῶλυ (môlu) (probably a loanword).

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈməʊli/

moly (countable and uncountable, plural molies)

1. A magic herb or plant used by Odysseus to overcome Circe.
   • 1621, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy, Oxford: Printed by Iohn Lichfield and Iames Short, for Henry Cripps, OCLC 216894069; The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd corrected and augmented edition, Oxford: Printed by John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, 1624, 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.

2. Any plant associated with the mythological moly, especially the European allium, Allium moly.

moly (uncountable)

1. (informal) molybdenum

Borrowed from a Slavic language. Compare Czech mol and Slovak moľ.[1]

• IPA^(key): [ˈmoj]
• Hyphenation: moly

moly (plural molyok)

1. moth

• könyvmoly
• molylepke

• lepke
• pillangó
• Appendix:Hungarian words with ly

From Ancient Greek μῶλυ (môlu), which was most likely a loanword.

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈmoː.ly/, [ˈmoː.lʏ]

mōly

1. A magic herb used by Odysseus to ward him from the spells of Circe.
2. A plant comparable with the mythological moly, especially the European allium, Allium moly.

• 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