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|Definition=ὁ, heterocl. pl.<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[μυχά]] Call.''Del.''142, D.P.117, 128, etc.:—[[innermost part]], [[nook]], [[corner]], μυχῷ δόμου ὑψηλοῖο Il.22.440; μ. σπείους γλαφυροῖο Od.5.226; μ. ἄντρου θεσπεσίοιο 13.363; <b class="b3">μυχῷ Ἄργεος</b> in a [[recess]] or in the [[farthest]] [[nook]] of [[Argos]]-[[land]], of [[Mycenae]], 3.263; of Ephyre, Il.6.152, cf. Pi.''N.''6.26; Τάρταρά τ' ἠερόεντα μυχῷ χθονός Hes.''Th.''119; <b class="b3">τῆλε μυχῷ νήσων ἱεράων</b> ib.1015; ἐν μυχῷ τῆς θήκης Hdt.3.16; μ. μαντεῖος Pi.''P.''5.68; κελαινὸς Ἄϊδος μ. γᾶς A.''Pr.''433 (lyr.): in plural, Κορίνθου ἐν μυχοῖς Pi.''N.''10.42; <b class="b3">μυχοὶ χθονός</b> or [[γῆς]] the [[infernal]] [[realm]]s, E.''Supp.''926, ''Tr.''952, etc.; μαντικοὶ μυχοί A.''Eu.''180; <b class="b3">διὰ μυχῶν βλέπουσ' ἀεὶ ψυχή</b> a [[soul]] that sees in [[darkness]], i.e. is [[full]] of [[deceit]], S.''Ph.''1013.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[inmost part of a house]], ἐς μυχὸν ἐξ οὐδοῖο Od.7.96; μυχοῦ [[ἄφερκτος]] A.''Ch.''446 (lyr.; [[nisi legendum|nisi leg.]] [[μυχῷ]]); τὸ φάρμακον… ἐν μυχοῖς σῴζειν S.''Tr.''686; <b class="b3">οὐ γὰρ ἐν μ. ἔτι</b> no [[long]]er [[hidden]] within the [[house]] (for the doors were thrown open, cf. Sch.), Id.''Ant.''1293, cf. E.''Tr.''299.<br><span class="bld">b</span> [[store chamber]], Xenoph.2.22, Pi.''I.'' 1.56; ὧν μ. πλουτεῖ Phoen.2.18.<br><span class="bld">c</span> [[granary]], Tab.Heracl.1.139.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[creek]] running far [[inland]], Hdt.2.11, 4.21; ἐς μυχοὺς ἁλός Pi.''P.''6.12; <b class="b3">πόντιος μ.</b>, i.e. the Adriatic, A.''Pr.''839; ἐν τῷ κοίλῳ καὶ μ. τοῦ λιμένος Th.7.52; ἐν τοῖς ἄγκεσι καὶ μ. τῶν ὀρέων X.''An.''4.1.7; ἐν τῷ μ. τοῦ Ἀδρίου Arist.''Mir.''836a24.