μυκτήρ: Difference between revisions

|Definition=μυκτῆρος, ὁ, ([[μύσσομαι]])<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[nostril]], φλέγει δὲ μυκτήρ, of the [[fire]]-[[breath]]ing [[bull]] of [[Aeetes]], S.''Fr.''336, cf. Ar.''V.''1488, etc.: freq. in plural, μυκτῆρσιν ἐρευνᾶν Emp.101, cf. Hp.''Art.''37, Acut.(Sp.) 23, Sophr.135, [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]3.87, Ar.''Ra.''893, X.''Smp.''5.6, Antiph.217.6, Ph.1.249, al.: dat. pl. [[μυκτήρεσσιν]], in a prescription, ''[[Oxyrhynchus Papyri|POxy.]]''1088.32 (i A. D.): metaph., of a [[lamp]]-[[nozzle]], Ar.''Ec.''5.<br><span class="bld">2</span> from the use of the nose to express [[ridicule]], [[sneerer]], of [[Socrates]], Timo 25; in the abstract, [[sarcasm]], [[raillery]], μ. πολιτικώτατος Longin.34.2, cf. Plu.2.860e; μ. Ἀττικός Luc. ''Prom.Es''1; κεράσας μυκτῆρι [[φρόνημα]] ''AP''9.188.<br><span class="bld">II</span> an [[elephant's trunk]], [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Historia Animalium|HA]]''497b26, ''PA''659a12; also, the [[funnel]] of the [[cuttlefish]], Id.''HA''541b15.