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|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>; [[gall-insect]], 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>