μύρμηξ: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ηκος, Dor. μύρμαξ, ᾱκος, ὁ, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">ant</b>, Hes.<span class="title">Frr.</span>14.5,76.4, <span class="bibl">Theoc.9.31</span>, <span class="bibl">15.45</span>, <span class="bibl">17.107</span>, etc.: metaph., ναῦται θαλάσσης μύρμηκες <span class="bibl">Aeschrio 2</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b3">μύρμηκος ἀτραποί</b>, = [[μυρμηκιά]] <span class="bibl">11.2</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Th.</span> 100</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> fabulous animal in India, <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.102</span>; οἱ χρυσωρύχοι μ. <span class="bibl">Str.2.1.9</span>; λέουσι τοῖς καλουμένοις μύρμηξιν <span class="bibl">Id.16.4.15</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Agatharch. 69</span>, <span class="bibl">Ael.<span class="title">NA</span>3.4</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> <b class="b2">hidden rock</b> in the sea, Lyc.878; esp. on the Thessalian coast between Sciathus and Magnesia, <span class="bibl">Hdt. 7.183</span>; off Smyrna, <span class="bibl">Plin.<span class="title">HN</span>5.119</span> (pl.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">IV</span> a sort of <b class="b2">gauntlet</b> or <b class="b2">cestus</b> with metal studs or nails <b class="b2">like warts</b> (μυρμηκίαι) on it, <span class="bibl">Poll.3.150</span>. (Cf. <b class="b3">βόρμαξ, ὅρμικας</b>, Skt.<b class="b2">vamrás</b>, Avest.<b class="b2">maoiriš</b>, OIr.<b class="b2">moirb</b>, OSlav. <b class="b2">mravǐji</b>, ONorse <b class="b2">maurr</b>, Engl. (<b class="b2">pis-)mire</b>, Lat.<b class="b2">formica</b>: I.-E. forms perh. <b class="b2">momro-, momrīˇ-, memro</b>- 'ant'.)</span>

|ptext=[[https://www.translatum.gr/images/pape/pape-02-0220.png Seite 220]] ηκος, ὁ, 1) die <b class="b2">Ameise</b>; ὥςτ' ἀήσυροι μύρμηκες, Aesch. Prom. 451; μύρμηκος ἀτραποί, Ar. Th. 100, komisch von seinen, verschlungenen Modulationen; Droysen »Ameisenläufe phantasirt er«. S. [[μυρμήκια]]. – 2) [[γυιοτόρος]], eine Art caestus, Fausthandschuh mit hervorragenden metallenen Buckeln, wie Warzen, [[μυρμήκια]], Christod. ecphr. 225. – 3) ein vierfüßiges, indisches Raubthier aus dem Löwen-od. aus dem Hundegeschlecht, Ael. H. A. 7, 47; vgl. Her. 3, 102. – 4) eine verborgene Klippe im Meere, Lycophr. 878. 890; bes. eine solche unweit der thessalischen Küste zwischen Skiathos u. Magnesia, Her. 7, 183. – Vgl. nom. pr.