μόσσυν

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English (LSJ)

ῡνος, ὁ,

   A wooden house or tower, ξύλινοι μ. Aen.Tact.33.3; ὁ βασιλεὺς [τῶν Μοσσυνοίκων] ὁ ἐν τῷ μόσσυνι X.An.5.4.26; σὺν τοῖς μοσσύνοις (as if from μόσσυνος, nisi leg. τοῖν μοσσύνοιν) ibid.; [οἱ Μοσσύνοικοι] οἰκοῦσιν ἐπὶ ξυλίνοις . . πύργοις... μόσσυνας αὐτὰ καλοῦντες D.H.1.26, cf. Str.12.3.18.    2 palisade, Lyc.433.    3 prob. slip for shipbuilding, Id.1432. [μόσσῡνας proved by the metre in A.R. 2.1017, Call.Aet.Oxy.2080.70, Lyc. ll.cc.: freq. written μόσυν in codd.]