μύωψ: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ωπος, ὁ, ἡ, ([[μύω]], [[ὤψ]]) <span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[closing the eyes]] or [[contracting the eyes]], as [[shortsighted]] [[people]] do, and so, [[shortsighted]], <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Rh.</span>1413a4</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Pr.</span>959a3</span>, <span class="bibl">b38</span>, <span class="bibl">Alex.Aphr.<span class="title">Pr.</span>1.74</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> as Subst. μύωψ [ῠ, but ῡ <span class="bibl">Nic.<span class="title">Th.</span>417</span>, <span class="bibl">736</span>], ωπος, ὁ, [[horse-fly]], [[horsefly]], [[gadfly]], [[Tabanus]], ὀξυστόμῳ μύωπι <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>675</span>; βοηλάτην μ. <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Supp.</span>307</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ap.</span>30e</span>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>528b31</span>, <span class="bibl">552a29</span>, al. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> [[goad]], [[spur]], <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Eq.</span>8.5</span>; ἐν τοῖς μύωψι [[περιπατεῖν]] = to [[walk]] in [[spur]]s, <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">Char.</span>21.8</span>; [[προσθεῖναι]] τοὺς μ. <span class="bibl">Plb.11.18.4</span>, cf. <span class="title">AP</span>5.202 (Asclep.); [[ox-goad]], [[βουσόος]] μ. <span class="bibl">Cerc.8.2</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Call.<span class="title">Fr.</span>46</span>, <span class="bibl">A.R.3.277</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> metaph., [[stimulant]], [[incentive]], <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Cal.</span>14</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Am.</span>2</span>; τινος [[to]] a thing, ῥόμβον θιάσοιο μ. <span class="title">AP</span>6.165 (Phal.); τὸν μύωπα [[ἐμβαλεῖν]] τινι <span class="bibl">Ach.Tat.7.4</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> a [[plant]] growing in the [[Achelous]], Ps.-Plu. <span class="title">Fluv.</span>22.5. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">5</span> the [[little finger]], [[pinky]], [[pinkie]] Sch.<span class="bibl">Opp.<span class="title">H.</span>3.254</span>.</span>