μυῖα: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Att. μῦα <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">HP</span>3.7.5</span>, Phot.: ἡ:—<span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[fly]], <span class="bibl">Il.2.469</span>, <span class="bibl">4.131</span>, <span class="bibl">Simon.32</span>, etc.; <b class="b2">carrion-fly, bluebottle</b>, <span class="bibl">Il.19.25</span>,<span class="bibl">31</span>; <b class="b2">gall-insect</b>, Thphr. l.c.: prov., <b class="b3">μυίης θάρσος</b>, of excessive boldness, <span class="bibl">Il.17.570</span>; ἐάν τις… ὥσπερ μ. πρόσπτηται <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Mem.</span>3.11.5</span>; <b class="b3">δειπνεῖν ἄκλητος μ</b>. [[a fly]] for coming to dinner uninvited, <span class="bibl">Antiph.195.7</span>; <b class="b3">ἐλέφαντα ἐκ μυίας ποιεῖν</b> 'to make a mountain out of a molehill', <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Musc.Enc.</span>12</span>; <b class="b3">μυῖα στρατιῶτις, μ. κύων</b>, ibid.; δραίνω μυῖ' ὅσον <span class="bibl">Herod.1.15</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b3">χαλκῆ μυῖα</b> a game like <b class="b2">blindman's-buff</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.9a</span>, <span class="bibl">Poll.9.123</span>; cf. [[μυΐνδα]]. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> used by peasants of [[bees]], <span class="bibl">Eust.257.6</span>. (Cf. Lith. [[musià]] 'fly', Lat. [[musca]], etc.)</span>

|etymtx=Grammatical information: f.<br />Meaning: [[fly]] (Il.).<br />Other forms: also <b class="b3">μῦα</b><br />Compounds: Some compp., e.g. <b class="b3">μυ(ι)ο-σόβη</b> f. <b class="b2">fan against flies, fly-flap</b> (Delos IIIa, Men.), <b class="b3">μύωψ</b> m. <b class="b2">horse-fly; goad, spur</b> (s. v.), <b class="b3">κυνά-μυια</b> f. <b class="b2">dog-fly</b> (s. v.).<br />Derivatives: 1. <b class="b3">μυϊ̃τις</b>, <b class="b3">-ιδος</b> f. = <b class="b3">θλάσπι</b>, [[Capsella bursa pastoris]] (Ps.-Dsc.; Redard 71), also <b class="b3">μυιό-πτερον</b> (ibd.), as the separating wall of the fruit was compared with the wing of a fly (Strömberg Pflanzennamen 55). -- 2. <b class="b3">μυιϊκός</b> [[belonging to a fly]] (gloss.), <b class="b3">μυιώδης</b> name of a god in Elis, who was also called <b class="b3">μυί-αγρος</b> "fly-catcher" (Plin.). -- 3. <b class="b3">μυΐνδα παίζειν</b> <b class="b2">play the game μυῖα χαλκῆ</b> (Poll., H.).<br />Origin: IE [Indo-European] [752]<br />Etymology: Formation with ι̯<b class="b3">α-</b>suffix like <b class="b3">νῆσσα</b>, <b class="b3">κίσσα</b> and other animals' names (Chantraine Form. 98). Old word for [[fly]], [[mosquito]], found in several languages, but because of its popular character subject to all kinds of transformations. PGr. <b class="b3">*μύσ-ι̯α</b>, from where <b class="b3">μυῖα</b>, agrees best with Lith. <b class="b2">mus-ià</b>, <b class="b2">mus-ė̃</b> [[fly]] and with Slav., e.g. OCS <b class="b2">mьš-i-ca</b> [[mosquito]]. Beside it with <b class="b2">k-</b>suffix Lat. <b class="b2">mus-ca</b> [[fly]], with <b class="b2">n-</b>suffix Arm. [[mun]], gen. <b class="b2">mn-oy</b> [[mosquito]], if from <b class="b2">*mus-no-</b>. Also an <b class="b2">s-</b>less basis <b class="b2">*mu-no-</b> is possible as a.o. in OWNo. [[my]] n. from PNord. <b class="b2">*mū-i̯a-</b> n. There are also forms with (secondarily developped ?) velar: Germ., e.g. OHG [[mucka]] [[Mücke]], with <b class="b2">ou-</b>diphthong: Slav., e.g. OCS and Russ. <b class="b2">múcha</b> [[fly]] (IE <b class="b2">*mousā</b>) etc., s. WP. 2, 311, Pok. 752, W.-Hofmann s. [[musca]], Fraenkel s. <b class="b2">musė̃</b>, Vasmer s. <b class="b2">móška</b>; everywhere more forms; on the morphology also Specht Ursprung 43, 203 a. 235. -- Onomatop. origin (from the humming) is quite possible, s. e.g. W.-Hofmann.