Μόρυχος

Μόρυχος, Morychus, a tragic poet; smeared, epith of Dionysus

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Μορύχου Proper-name noun: masculine genitive singular of Μόρυχος

Μόρῠχος, ὁ,

epith. of Dionysus in Sicily, from μορύσσω, because his face was smeared with wine lees at the vintage: prov., μωρότερος Μορύχου Sophr. 94.
- II as Adj. only in Adv. Comp. μορυχώτερον more obscurely, v.l. in Arist. Metaph. 987a10, cf. Alex.Aphr. ad 10 c.

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