μίτυς
From LSJ
πῶς δ' οὐκ ἀρίστη; τίς δ' ἐναντιώσεται; τί χρὴ γενέσθαι τὴν ὑπερβεβλημένην γυναῖκα; (Euripides' Alcestis 152-54) → How is she not noblest? Who will deny it? What must a woman have become to surpass her?
English (LSJ)
υος, ἡ, a substance used by bees; a sort of
A propolis, Arist. HA624a14.
German (Pape)
[Seite 193] υος, ἡ, eine Art Wachs, womit die Bienen die Fugen der Bienenstöcke verkleben, Arist. H. A. 9, 40, v. l. μῆτυς.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
μίτυς: -υος, ἡ ὁ κηρὸς δι’ οὗ αἱ μέλισσαι καλύπτουσι καὶ φράττουσι τὰ ἀνοίγματα, δηλ. τὰς «χαραγμάδας» τῶν κυψελῶν των, Ἀριστ. π. τὰ Ζ. Ἱστ. 9. 40, 10.
