μυκτήρ: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ῆρος, ὁ, (μύσσομαι) <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[nostril]], <b class="b3">φλέγει δὲ μ</b>., of the fire-breathing bull of Aeetes, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span>336</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">V.</span>1488</span>, etc.: freq. in pl., μυκτῆρσιν ἐρευνᾶν <span class="bibl">Emp.101</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Art.</span>37</span>, <b class="b2">Acut.(Sp</b>.) <span class="bibl">23</span>, <span class="bibl">Sophr.135</span>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.87</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ra.</span>893</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Smp.</span>5.6</span>, <span class="bibl">Antiph.217.6</span>, <span class="bibl">Ph.1.249</span>, al.: dat. pl. [[μυκτήρεσσιν]], in a prescription, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">POxy.</span>1088.32</span> (i A. D.): metaph., of a lamp-[[nozzle]], <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ec.</span>5</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> from the use of the nose to express ridicule, [[sneerer]], of Socrates, Timo <span class="bibl">25</span>; in the abstract, [[sarcasm]], [[raillery]], μ. πολιτικώτατος Longin.34.2, cf. Plu.2.860e; μ. Ἀττικός <span class="bibl">Luc. <span class="title">Prom.Es</span>1</span>; κεράσας μυκτῆρι φρόνημα <span class="title">AP</span>9.188. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> an elephant's [[trunk]], <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>497b26</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PA</span>659a12</span>; also, the [[funnel]] of the cuttlefish, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">HA</span>541b15</span>.</span>