μυρμηκιά: Difference between revisions

|Definition=or μυρμηκ-ία, ἡ, <span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[ant-hill]], <span class="bibl">Dinol.12</span> (nisi leg. -ιᾶν), <span class="bibl">Arist. <span class="title">HA</span>534b23</span>, <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">Sign.</span>22</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> metaph., </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">1</span> [[throng of people]], as in a crowded lecture-room, Hsch.; also μ. ἀγαθῶν <span class="title">Com.Adesp.</span> 828. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> [[ᾄδων]] (sic Fritzsche pro [[ἄγων]]) <b class="b3"> ἐκτραπέλους μυρμηκιάς</b> [[trills]] and [[arpeggios]], <span class="bibl">Pherecr.145.23</span>; cf. μύρμηξ <span class="bibl">1.2</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> [[wart]], differing from [[ἀκροχορδών]], which has a neck, whereas [[μυρμηκία]] spreads under the skin, also the [[irritation]] caused thereby, which was compared to the creeping of ants, <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Liqu.</span>4</span>, <span class="bibl">Ph.2.225</span>, Dsc.1.68, Heliod. ap.<span class="bibl">Orib.45.14.1</span>, <span class="bibl">Poll.4.195</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> similar disease in a horse, <span class="title">Hippiatr.</span> 82.</span>