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|Definition=Att. μῦα <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">HP</span>3.7.5</span>, Phot.: ἡ:—<span class="sense"><p> <span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">fly</b>, <span class="bibl">Il.2.469</span>, <span class="bibl">4.131</span>, <span class="bibl">Simon.32</span>, etc.; <b class="b2">carrion-fly, bluebottle</b>, <span class="bibl">Il.19.25</span>,<span class="bibl">31</span>; <b class="b2">gall-insect</b>, Thphr. l.c.: prov., <b class="b3">μυίης θάρσος</b>, of excessive boldness, <span class="bibl">Il.17.570</span>; ἐάν τις . . ὥσπερ μ. πρόσπτηται <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Mem.</span>3.11.5</span>; <b class="b3">δειπνεῖν ἄκλητος μ</b>. <b class="b2">a fly</b> for coming to dinner uninvited, <span class="bibl">Antiph.195.7</span>; <b class="b3">ἐλέφαντα ἐκ μυίας ποιεῖν</b> 'to make a mountain out of a molehill', <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Musc.Enc.</span>12</span>; <b class="b3">μυῖα στρατιῶτις, μ. κύων</b>, ibid.; δραίνω μυῖ' ὅσον <span class="bibl">Herod.1.15</span>. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b3">χαλκῆ μυῖα</b> a game like <b class="b2">blindman's-buff</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.9a</span>, <span class="bibl">Poll.9.123</span>; cf. | |Definition=Att. μῦα <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">HP</span>3.7.5</span>, Phot.: ἡ:—<span class="sense"><p> <span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">fly</b>, <span class="bibl">Il.2.469</span>, <span class="bibl">4.131</span>, <span class="bibl">Simon.32</span>, etc.; <b class="b2">carrion-fly, bluebottle</b>, <span class="bibl">Il.19.25</span>,<span class="bibl">31</span>; <b class="b2">gall-insect</b>, Thphr. l.c.: prov., <b class="b3">μυίης θάρσος</b>, of excessive boldness, <span class="bibl">Il.17.570</span>; ἐάν τις . . ὥσπερ μ. πρόσπτηται <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Mem.</span>3.11.5</span>; <b class="b3">δειπνεῖν ἄκλητος μ</b>. <b class="b2">a fly</b> for coming to dinner uninvited, <span class="bibl">Antiph.195.7</span>; <b class="b3">ἐλέφαντα ἐκ μυίας ποιεῖν</b> 'to make a mountain out of a molehill', <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Musc.Enc.</span>12</span>; <b class="b3">μυῖα στρατιῶτις, μ. κύων</b>, ibid.; δραίνω μυῖ' ὅσον <span class="bibl">Herod.1.15</span>. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b3">χαλκῆ μυῖα</b> a game like <b class="b2">blindman's-buff</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.9a</span>, <span class="bibl">Poll.9.123</span>; cf. [[μυΐνδα]]. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">III</span> used by peasants of <b class="b2">bees</b>, <span class="bibl">Eust.257.6</span>. (Cf. Lith. <b class="b2">musià</b> 'fly', Lat. <b class="b2">musca</b>, etc.)</span> | ||
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Revision as of 11:33, 7 January 2017
English (LSJ)
Att. μῦα Thphr.HP3.7.5, Phot.: ἡ:—
A fly, Il.2.469, 4.131, Simon.32, etc.; carrion-fly, bluebottle, Il.19.25,31; gall-insect, Thphr. l.c.: prov., μυίης θάρσος, of excessive boldness, Il.17.570; ἐάν τις . . ὥσπερ μ. πρόσπτηται X.Mem.3.11.5; δειπνεῖν ἄκλητος μ. a fly for coming to dinner uninvited, Antiph.195.7; ἐλέφαντα ἐκ μυίας ποιεῖν 'to make a mountain out of a molehill', Luc.Musc.Enc.12; μυῖα στρατιῶτις, μ. κύων, ibid.; δραίνω μυῖ' ὅσον Herod.1.15. II χαλκῆ μυῖα a game like blindman's-buff, Id.9a, Poll.9.123; cf. μυΐνδα. III used by peasants of bees, Eust.257.6. (Cf. Lith. musià 'fly', Lat. musca, etc.)
