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Μόρυχος

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

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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