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|Definition=Att. [[μῦα]] Thphr.HP3.7.5, Phot.: ἡ:—<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[fly]], Il.2.469, 4.131, Simon.32, etc.; [[carrion-fly]], [[bluebottle]], Il.19.25,31; [[gall-insect]], Thphr. l.c.: [[proverb|prov.]], [[μυίης θάρσος]], of [[excessive]] [[boldness]], Il.17.570; ἐάν τις… [[ὥσπερ]] μυῖα πρόσπτηται X.Mem.3.11.5; [[δειπνεῖν]] [[ἄκλητος]] [[μυῖα]] = a [[fly]] for coming to [[dinner]] [[uninvited]], Antiph.195.7; [[ἐλέφαντα ἐκ μυίας ποιεῖν]] 'to [[make a mountain out of a molehill]]', Luc.Musc.Enc.12; [[μυῖα]] [[στρατιῶτις]], [[μυῖα]] [[κύων]], ibid.; δραίνω μυῖ' ὅσον Herod.1.15.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[χαλκῆ μυῖα]] a [[game]] like [[blind man's buff]], Id.9a, Poll.9.123; cf. [[μυΐνδα]].<br><span class="bld">III</span> used by [[peasant]]s of [[bee]]s, Eust.257.6. (Cf. Lith. [[musià]] 'fly', Lat. [[musca]], etc.) | |Definition=Att. [[μῦα]] Thphr.HP3.7.5, Phot.: ἡ:—<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[fly]], Il.2.469, 4.131, Simon.32, etc.; [[carrion-fly]], [[bluebottle]], Il.19.25,31; [[gall-insect]], Thphr. [[l.c.]]: [[proverb|prov.]], [[μυίης θάρσος]], of [[excessive]] [[boldness]], Il.17.570; ἐάν τις… [[ὥσπερ]] μυῖα πρόσπτηται X.Mem.3.11.5; [[δειπνεῖν]] [[ἄκλητος]] [[μυῖα]] = a [[fly]] for coming to [[dinner]] [[uninvited]], Antiph.195.7; [[ἐλέφαντα ἐκ μυίας ποιεῖν]] 'to [[make a mountain out of a molehill]]', Luc.Musc.Enc.12; [[μυῖα]] [[στρατιῶτις]], [[μυῖα]] [[κύων]], ibid.; δραίνω μυῖ' ὅσον Herod.1.15.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[χαλκῆ μυῖα]] a [[game]] like [[blind man's buff]], Id.9a, Poll.9.123; cf. [[μυΐνδα]].<br><span class="bld">III</span> used by [[peasant]]s of [[bee]]s, Eust.257.6. (Cf. Lith. [[musià]] 'fly', Lat. [[musca]], etc.) | ||
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[[File:Mouche verte dos.jpg|thumb|A fly (insect)]] | [[File:Mouche verte dos.jpg|thumb|A fly (insect)]] | ||