μυχός: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ὁ, heterocl. pl. <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> μυχά <span class="bibl">Call.<span class="title">Del.</span>142</span>, <span class="bibl">D.P.117</span>, <span class="bibl">128</span>, etc.:— <b class="b2">innermost part, nook, corner</b>, μυχῷ δόμου ὑψηλοῖο <span class="bibl">Il.22.440</span>; μ. σπείους γλαφυροῖο <span class="bibl">Od.5.226</span>; μ. ἄντρου θεσπεσίοιο <span class="bibl">13.363</span>; <b class="b3">μυχῷ Ἄργεος</b> in <b class="b2">a recess</b> or in <b class="b2">the farthest nook</b> of Argos-land, of Mycenae, <span class="bibl">3.263</span>; of Ephyre, <span class="bibl">Il.6.152</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">N.</span>6.26</span>; Τάρταρά τ' ἠερόεντα μυχῷ χθονός <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Th.</span>119</span>; <b class="b3">τῆλε μυχῷ νήσων ἱεράων</b> ib.<span class="bibl">1015</span>; ἐν μυχῷ τῆς θήκης <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.16</span>; μ. μαντεῖος <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>5.68</span>; κελαινὸς Ἄϊδος μ. γᾶς <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>433</span> (lyr.): in pl., Κορίνθου ἐν μυχοῖς <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">N.</span>10.42</span>; <b class="b3">μυχοὶ χθονός</b> or <b class="b3">γῆς</b> the infernal realms, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Supp.</span>926</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Tr.</span>952</span>, etc.; μαντικοὶ μυχοί <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Eu.</span>180</span>; <b class="b3">διὰ μυχῶν βλέπουσ' ἀεὶ ψυχή</b> a soul that sees <b class="b2">in darkness</b>, i.e. is full of deceit, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ph.</span>1013</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">inmost part of a house</b>, ἐς μυχὸν ἐξ οὐδοῖο <span class="bibl">Od.7.96</span>; μυχοῦ ἄφερκτος <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ch.</span>446</span> (lyr.; nisi leg. <b class="b3">μυχῷ</b>) ; τὸ φάρμακον . . ἐν μυχοῖς σῴζειν <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span>686</span>; <b class="b3">οὐ γὰρ ἐν μ. ἔτι</b> no longer <b class="b2">hidden within the house</b> (for the doors were thrown open, cf. Sch.), <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ant.</span>1293</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Tr.</span>299</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> <b class="b2">store-chamber</b>, <span class="bibl">Xenoph.2.22</span>, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">I.</span> 1.56</span>; ὧν μ. πλουτεῖ <span class="bibl">Phoen.2.18</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">c</span> <b class="b2">granary</b>, Tab.Heracl.1.139. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b2">creek</b> running far inland, <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.11</span>, <span class="bibl">4.21</span>; ἐς μυχοὺς ἁλός <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>6.12</span>; <b class="b3">πόντιος μ</b>., i.e. the Adriatic, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>839</span>; ἐν τῷ κοίλῳ καὶ μ. τοῦ λιμένος <span class="bibl">Th.7.52</span>; ἐν τοῖς ἄγκεσι καὶ μ. τῶν ὀρέων <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>4.1.7</span>; ἐν τῷ μ. τοῦ Ἀδρίου <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Mir.</span>836a24</span>.</span>