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sammilāto

sammilāta

masc nom sg of sammilāta (pp)

1. withered; shrivelled; shrunk (by)

Built from

• sam — prefix · together, with
  Brings things into one; here intensifies the sense of things coming together in shrinkage and collapse.
• milāta — stem · wilted, withered
  Past participle of milati 'to wilt, wither, shrivel'. The root mil- is Indo-European, related to Latin marcēre 'to wither' and Greek μαραίνω 'to waste away'.

Analysis. sam + milāta: 'brought together + wilted', hence completely shriveled or contracted

Etymology. sam (together, with) + milāta (past participle of milati, 'to wilt, wither'). The root mil- is cognate with Latin marcere 'to wither' and Greek μαραίνω (maraínō) 'to waste away'. The prefix sam- intensifies the sense of contraction and collapse.

Meanings from the Digital Pāḷi Dictionary; morphology and etymology by Claude.

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