μύουρος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=(A), ον, ([[μῦς]], [[οὐρά]])<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[tapering]] (lit. [[mousetailed]]), of a non-carnivorous fish's [[στόμα]] (snout), [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[De Partibus Animalium|PA]]''662a32, 697a1; of the [[αἱμόρροος]] ''ΙΙ'', ἐπ' εὖρος τέτρυται μύουρος ἀπὸ φλογέοιο καρήνου Nic.''Th.''287, cf. 225; ἐξ εὐρείας τῆς κεφαλῆς μείουρος κάτεισιν ἔστε ἐπὶ τὴν οὐράν Ael.''NA''15.13<b class="b3">· εἰς (ἐπὶ) μείουρον ἄγεσθαι</b> [[taper]] towards the tail, Philum.''Ven.''21.1, 27.1; <b class="b3">ἐν τῷ μειούρῳ τῆς οὐρᾶς</b> the [[tapering part]] of a horse's tail, ''Hippiatr.''55; <b class="b3">τὸ μείουρον</b> (''[[sc.]]'' <b class="b3">τοῦ σπέρματος</b>) πρὸς τὴν γῆν ἄγοντας ''Gp.''10.57.8, cf. 10.63.4; κάμαξ μύουρος Apollod.''Poliorc.''172.9 ([[varia lectio|v.l.]] [[μεί]]-), 182.6, cf. Ph.''Bel.''51.8 ([[μύ]]-), 83.20 (μεί-); πύργον… ἐς μύουρον ἀνιόντα Paus.10.16.1; αἱ πρὸς ὄμμα τε καὶ ὀρθογώνιοι στοαὶ πόρρωθεν μείουροι φαίνονται Hero *Deff.135.9 ([[varia lectio|v.l.]] μύ-) <b class="b3">; μετρεῖ τὰ μείουρα ὡς κώνους κολούρους</b>, i.e. roughly, ib.8; <b class="b3">σφὴν μείουρος</b> Id.''*Stereom''.1.28; <b class="b3">λίθος μείουρος</b> ib.2.17 ([[varia lectio|v.l.]] [[μύ]]-), 59; <b class="b3">ξύλον μύουρον</b> Id.*Mens.8 (as [[substantive]] [[μείουρος]], ὁ, [[tapering prism]], Id.*Deff.133.2, ''*Geom''.3.24); ἐκφύσεις κατὰ τὸ ἄκρον μείουροι Diocl.Fr.27; <b class="b3">μείουρος σχηματισμὸς [τῶν δακτύλων</b>], i.e. with the tips pressed together, Sor.2.60; μύουρον σχῆμα Str.2.5.6, Apollod.''Poliorc.''181.3; [[μερίς]], [[τμῆμα]], [[γραμμή]], Str.11.11.7. Adv., συνηγμένων μειούρως τῶν δακτύλων Paul.Aeg.6.74.<br><span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b3">στίχοι μείουροι</b> 'tapering' hexameters, in which the first syllable of one of the last two feet is short instead of long, Ath. 14.632e, cf. Sch.Heph.p.290 C., Eust.900.7.<br><span class="bld">3</span> of the pulse, [[dying away gradually]], Gal.8.480,524, 9.314. Adv. [[μυούρως]] ibid.<br><span class="bld">4</span> of an epic poem with only a single <b class="b3">μῦθος, ὥστε… βραχέως δεικνύμενον μύουρον φαίνεσθαι</b> it seems [[too short]], Arist.''Po.''1462b6; of periods, Id.''Rh.''1409b18. (In this group of words codd. freq. vary between μυ- and μει-; both [[μυουρία]] and [[μειουρία]] are recognized by Eust. l. c.: μυ- prob. became μει- by phonetic change, cf. [[ἐρρηγεῖα]], [[κώδεια]], etc.: μῠ- Nic. ''Th.''225, D.P.l.c., but μῡ- Nic. ''Th.''287.)<br /><br />(B), ἡ, a [[plant]],<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[mouse-tail]], Orib.''Fr.''52, Alex.Trall.8.2.<br><span class="bld">II</span> = [[σάμψυχον]], Ps.-Dsc.3.39.