μύαξ
From LSJ
Ubi idem et maximus et honestissimus amor est, aliquando praestat morte jungi, quam vita distrahi → Where indeed the greatest and most honourable love exists, it is much better to be joined by death, than separated by life.
English (LSJ)
ᾰκος, ὁ,
A = μῦς 11, sea-mussel, Xenocr. ap. Orib.2.58.90, Dsc. 2.5, Plin.HN32.95; also of its shell, Dsc.1.32,33. II = μύστρον 2, Crito ap.Gal.14.105; μ. χαλκοῦς Id.12.892. (Cf. Lat. mūrex.)
German (Pape)
[Seite 213] ακος, ὁ, 1) = μῦς. – 2) die Miesmuschel, Diosc. – 3) = μύστρον, Lob. Phryn. 321.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
μύαξ: -ᾰκος, ὁ, = μῦς ΙΙ, θαλάσσιον ὄστρεον, «μύδι», Ξενοκρ. σ. 12, Πλίν. 32. 31. ΙΙ. = μύστρον ΙΙ, Γαλην.· ἴδε Λοβεκ. Φρύνιχ. 321. ΙΙΙ. τὸ ἄνω μέρος τῆς κόγχης Χριστιανικοῦ ναοῦ, Σωφρόνιος 3984Α, Β.
