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|elrutext='''μυῖα:''' ион. [[μυίη]] ἡ муха: μυίης [[θάρσος]] Hom. мушиная отвага; ἐλέφαντα ἐκ μυίας ποιεῖν погов. Luc. делать из мухи слона. | |elrutext='''μυῖα:''' ион. [[μυίη]] ἡ муха: μυίης [[θάρσος]] Hom. мушиная отвага; ἐλέφαντα ἐκ μυίας ποιεῖν погов. Luc. делать из мухи слона. | ||
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|etymtx=Grammatical information: f.<br />Meaning: [[fly]] (Il.).<br />Other forms: also <b class="b3">μῦα</b><br />Compounds: Some compp., e.g. <b class="b3">μυ(ι)ο-σόβη</b> f. <b class="b2">fan against flies, fly-flap</b> (Delos IIIa, Men.), <b class="b3">μύωψ</b> m. <b class="b2">horse-fly; goad, spur</b> (s. v.), <b class="b3">κυνά-μυια</b> f. <b class="b2">dog-fly</b> (s. v.).<br />Derivatives: 1. <b class="b3">μυϊ̃τις</b>, <b class="b3">-ιδος</b> f. = <b class="b3">θλάσπι</b>, <b class="b2">Capsella bursa pastoris</b> (Ps.-Dsc.; Redard 71), also <b class="b3">μυιό-πτερον</b> (ibd.), as the separating wall of the fruit was compared with the wing of a fly (Strömberg Pflanzennamen 55). -- 2. <b class="b3">μυιϊκός</b> <b class="b2">belonging to a fly</b> (gloss.), <b class="b3">μυιώδης</b> name of a god in Elis, who was also called <b class="b3">μυί-αγρος</b> "fly-catcher" (Plin.). -- 3. <b class="b3">μυΐνδα παίζειν</b> <b class="b2">play the game μυῖα χαλκῆ</b> (Poll., H.).<br />Origin: IE [Indo-European] [752]<br />Etymology: Formation with ι̯<b class="b3">α-</b>suffix like <b class="b3">νῆσσα</b>, <b class="b3">κίσσα</b> and other animals' names (Chantraine Form. 98). Old word for [[fly]], [[mosquito]], found in several languages, but because of its popular character subject to all kinds of transformations. PGr. <b class="b3">*μύσ-ι̯α</b>, from where <b class="b3">μυῖα</b>, agrees best with Lith. <b class="b2">mus-ià</b>, <b class="b2">mus-ė̃</b> [[fly]] and with Slav., e.g. OCS <b class="b2">mьš-i-ca</b> [[mosquito]]. Beside it with <b class="b2">k-</b>suffix Lat. <b class="b2">mus-ca</b> [[fly]], with <b class="b2">n-</b>suffix Arm. [[mun]], gen. <b class="b2">mn-oy</b> [[mosquito]], if from <b class="b2">*mus-no-</b>. Also an <b class="b2">s-</b>less basis <b class="b2">*mu-no-</b> is possible as a.o. in OWNo. [[my]] n. from PNord. <b class="b2">*mū-i̯a-</b> n. There are also forms with (secondarily developped ?) velar: Germ., e.g. OHG [[mucka]] [[Mücke]], with <b class="b2">ou-</b>diphthong: Slav., e.g. OCS and Russ. <b class="b2">múcha</b> [[fly]] (IE <b class="b2">*mousā</b>) etc., s. WP. 2, 311, Pok. 752, W.-Hofmann s. [[musca]], Fraenkel s. <b class="b2">musė̃</b>, Vasmer s. <b class="b2">móška</b>; everywhere more forms; on the morphology also Specht Ursprung 43, 203 a. 235. -- Onomatop. origin (from the humming) is quite possible, s. e.g. W.-Hofmann. | |||
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