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|Full diacritics=μύωψ
|Medium diacritics=μύωψ
|Low diacritics=μύωψ
|Capitals=ΜΥΩΨ
|Transliteration A=mýōps
|Transliteration B=myōps
|Transliteration C=myops
|Beta Code=mu/wy
|Definition=ωπος, ὁ, ἡ, (μύω, ὤψ) <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">closing</b> or <b class="b2">contracting the eyes</b>, as shortsighted people do, and so, <b class="b2">shortsighted</b>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Rh.</span>1413a4</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Pr.</span>959a3</span>, <span class="bibl">b38</span>, <span class="bibl">Alex.Aphr.<span class="title">Pr.</span>1.74</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> as Subst. μύωψ [ῠ, but ῡ <span class="bibl">Nic.<span class="title">Th.</span>417</span>, <span class="bibl">736</span>], ωπος, ὁ, <b class="b2">horse-fly, gadfly, Tabanus</b>, ὀξυστόμῳ μύωπι <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>675</span>; βοηλάτην μ. <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Supp.</span>307</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ap.</span>30e</span>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>528b31</span>, <span class="bibl">552a29</span>, al. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">goad, spur</b>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Eq.</span>8.5</span>; <b class="b3">ἐν τοῖς μύωψι περιπατεῖν</b> to walk in <b class="b2">spurs</b>, <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">Char.</span>21.8</span>; προσθεῖναι τοὺς μ. <span class="bibl">Plb.11.18.4</span>, cf. <span class="title">AP</span>5.202 (Asclep.); <b class="b2">ox-goad</b>, βουσόος μ. <span class="bibl">Cerc.8.2</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Call.<span class="title">Fr.</span>46</span>, <span class="bibl">A.R.3.277</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> metaph., <b class="b2">stimulant, incentive</b>, <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Cal.</span>14</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Am.</span>2</span>; τινος <b class="b2">to</b> a thing, ῥόμβον θιάσοιο μ. <span class="title">AP</span>6.165 (Phal.); τὸν μύωπα ἐμβαλεῖν τινι <span class="bibl">Ach.Tat.7.4</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> a plant growing in the Achelous, Ps.-Plu. <span class="title">Fluv.</span>22.5. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">5</span> <b class="b2">the little finger</b>, Sch.<span class="bibl">Opp.<span class="title">H.</span>3.254</span>.</span>
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|ptext=[[https://www.translatum.gr/images/pape/pape-02-0225.png Seite 225]] ωπος, ὁ, 1) Pferde- u. Ochsenbremse; ὀξυστόμῳ μύωπι χρισθεῖσα, Aesch. Prom. 678; [[βοηλάτης]], Suppl. 303; Arist. H. A. 1, 5 u. A. – 2)<b class="b2"> Stachel, Sporn</b>, ἵππῳ δεομένῳ ἐγείρεσθαι ὑπὸ μύωπός τινος, Plat. Apol. 30 e; Xen. de re equ. 8, 5; Sp., κέντρα τ' [[ἐναιμήεντα]] διωξίπποιο μύωπος, Qu. Maec. 6 (VI, 233); Luc. Tox. 55; – übh. Antrieb, Anreiz, Luc. amor. 2; vgl. Iac. Ach. Tat. p. 884. – 3) als adj., die Augen schließend, blinzend, gew. <b class="b2">kurzsichtig</b>, der nur in der Nähe deutlich sehen kann u., um Entfernteres zu sehen, die Augen etwas schließen muß, also von μύω, Arist. probl. 31, 16. 25 u. Folgde, bes. Medic. – [Nic. braucht υ in der ersten Bdtg auch lang, Th. 417. 736.]
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