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.:— [[innermost part]], [[nook]], [[corner]], 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 [[a recess]] or in [[the farthest nook]] 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 [[in darkness]], 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> [[inmost part of a house]], 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 [[hidden within the house]] (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> [[store-chamber]], <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> [[granary]], Tab.Heracl.1.139. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> [[creek]] 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>

|etymtx=Grammatical information: m. (pl. <b class="b3">-ά</b> Call. Del. 142; Schwyzer 581.)<br />Meaning: <b class="b2">the innermost place, the inmost, corner, hiding-place, store-room</b> (Il.; on the meaning in Homer Wace JHSt. 71, 203ff.).<br />Other forms: On <b class="b3">μοχοι-</b> s. below.<br />Compounds: Compp., e.g. <b class="b3">ἑπτά-μυχος</b> <b class="b2">with seven hiding-places</b> (Call.).<br />Derivatives: 1. <b class="b3">μύχιος</b> [[innermost]] (poet. Hes. Op. 523, late prose); several superlatives, all from <b class="b3">μυχός</b>: <b class="b3">μυχοίτατος</b> (φ 146), from the loc. <b class="b3">-μυχοῖ</b> in <b class="b3">μοχοῖ ἐντός</b>. <b class="b3">Πάφιοι</b> H.; <b class="b3">μυχαίτατος</b> (Arist.; <b class="b3">-τερος</b> Hdn. Epim.), after <b class="b3">μεσαί-τατος</b>, <b class="b3">-τερος</b> a.o.; <b class="b3">μύχατος</b> (A. R., Call.), after <b class="b3">ἔσχατος</b> etc.; <b class="b3">μυχέστατος</b> (Phot.). -- 2. <b class="b3">μύχ-αλος</b> = <b class="b3">-ατος</b> (trag. anon.; <b class="b3">Τάρταρα</b>; also E. Hel. 189?), cf. <b class="b3">μυχάλμη βυθὸς θαλάσσης</b> Phot. (: <b class="b3">ἅλμη</b>), <b class="b3">βύσσαλοι βόθροι</b> H. (s.s.v. <b class="b3">βυθος</b>, Fur. 254). -- 3. <b class="b3">μυχώδης</b> [[full of corners]] (E.). -- 4. <b class="b3">μυχάς</b> f. = <b class="b3">μυχός</b> (Lyr. Adesp. Oxy. 15 II 4). -- 5. <b class="b3">μυχόομαι</b> [[be hidden in a corner]] (sch.).<br />Origin: XX [etym. unknown]<br />Etymology: Without direct agreement outside Greek. As supposed verbal noun, prop. *"slipping, putting in, hiding" (> [[hiding place]]), <b class="b3">μυχός</b> can be connected partly with Arm. [[mxem]] [[put in]], [[immerse]], IE (<b class="b2">s)mukh-</b>, partly with a Germ. group, e.g. OWNo. <b class="b2">smjúga</b> [[slip in]], [[through]] (with [[smuga]] f. [[small opening]], [[hidingplace]]), MHG [[smiegen]] [[schmiegen]]', if from IE <b class="b2">*smeugh-</b>; the Germ. words, however, can also go back on <b class="b2">*smeuk</b> and agree then as regards the velar with OCS <b class="b2">smykati sę</b> [[drag on]], [[cooper]], Lith. <b class="b2">smùkti</b> <b class="b2">glide (away)</b> etc.; the variation k : [[kh]] : [[gh]] can partly be due to phonetic developments (assimilation of consonants), partly to mixing with related forms. -- Further combinations, which with a wordfamily of this meaning, are easily lost endlessly, in WP. 2, 254f., Pok. 744f., Fraenkel s. <b class="b2">smùkti</b>, also Vasmer s. <b class="b2">smýkatь</b>; everywhere with further forms. -- On <b class="b3">μύσχον τὸ ἀνδρεῖον καὶ γυναικεῖον μόριον</b> H., by Fick KZ 43, 149 (s. also Bechtel Dial. 3, 317) connected through <b class="b3">*μύχ-σκον</b>, cf. on 2. <b class="b3">μόσχος</b>. - Fur. 364 thinks the word is Pre-Greek, but without further arguments.