συμμύω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=<span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[shut up]], [[close]], of wounds, σὺν δ' ἕλκεα πάντα μέμυκεν <span class="bibl">Il.24.420</span>; of the eyelids, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ti.</span>45e</span>; <b class="b3">ἄνω κεχηνὼς ἢ κάτω συμμεμυκώς</b> looking up with open lips or down [[with closed lips]], <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">R.</span>529b</span> (hence, to [[be silent]], <b class="b3">ἵνα συμμύσαντες πειθαρχῶσιν</b> prob. in <span class="bibl">Plb.30.32.8</span>); also of other openings, as of the [[os uteri]], <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Aph.</span>5.51</span>, <span class="bibl">Arist. <span class="title">HA</span>582b19</span>, al.; of pores, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phdr.</span>251b</span>; of bivalve shell-fish, <span class="bibl">Epich.42</span>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>535a18</span>; of the 'sleep' of plants, <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">CP</span>2.19.1</span>, al., <span class="title">Gp.</span>11.20.3; of shields which 'give' under a blow, <span class="bibl">Thphr. <span class="title">HP</span>5.3.4</span>; of the double reed of a musical instrument, ib.<span class="bibl">4.11.4</span>; of green wood, ib.<span class="bibl">5.6.3</span>.</span>