μύωψ: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ωπος, ὁ, ἡ, ([[μύω]], [[ὤψ]])<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[closing the eyes]] or [[contracting the eyes]], as [[shortsighted]] [[people]] do, and so, [[shortsighted]], Arist.''Rh.''1413a4, ''Pr.''959a3, b38, Alex.Aphr.''Pr.''1.74.<br><span class="bld">II</span> as [[substantive]] μύωψ [ῠ, but ῡ Nic.''Th.''417, 736], ωπος, ὁ, [[horse-fly]], [[horsefly]], [[gadfly]], [[Tabanus]], ὀξυστόμῳ μύωπι A.''Pr.''675; βοηλάτην μ. Id.''Supp.''307, cf. Pl.''Ap.''30e, [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Historia Animalium|HA]]''528b31, 552a29, al.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[goad]], [[spur]], X.''Eq.''8.5; ἐν τοῖς μύωψι [[περιπατεῖν]] = to [[walk]] in [[spur]]s, [[Theophrastus|Thphr.]] ''[[Characters|Char.]]''21.8; [[προσθεῖναι]] τοὺς μ. Plb.11.18.4, cf. ''AP''5.202 (Asclep.); [[ox-goad]], [[βουσόος]] μ. Cerc.8.2, cf. Call.''Fr.''46, A.R.3.277.<br><span class="bld">3</span> metaph., [[stimulant]], [[incentive]], Luc.''Cal.''14, ''Am.''2; τινος [[to]] a thing, ῥόμβον θιάσοιο μ. ''AP''6.165 (Phal.); τὸν μύωπα [[ἐμβαλεῖν]] τινι Ach.Tat.7.4.<br><span class="bld">4</span> a [[plant]] growing in the [[Achelous]], Ps.-Plu. ''Fluv.''22.5.<br><span class="bld">5</span> the [[little finger]], [[pinky]], [[pinkie]] Sch.Opp.''H.''3.254.