μύδησις
From LSJ
ἄλογον δὴ τὸ μήτε μάχης ἄρξασθαι μήτε τοὺς φίλους φυλάξαι, ἐὰν ὑπό γε τῶν βαρβάρων ἀδικῆσθε → It is irrational neither to begin battle nor to guard the friends, if you are ever wronged by the foreigners
English (LSJ)
εως, ἡ,
A dampness, clamminess, Aret.CD1.4; esp. of the eyelids, purulent blepharitis, αἱ ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖς μ. τῶν βλεφάρων Dsc. 1.7, cf. Gal.14.770; also, μυδήσεις οὔλων, prob. pyorrhoea, Dsc.1.24. II putrefaction, Diog.Oen.16.
