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|Definition=ὁ, heterocl. pl. <span class="sense"><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 plural, Κορίνθου ἐν μυχοῖς <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">N.</span>10.42</span>; <b class="b3">μυχοὶ χθονός</b> or [[γῆς]] the [[infernal]] [[realm]]s, <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"><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 legendum|nisi leg.]] [[μυχῷ]]) ; 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 [[long]]er [[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"><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"><span class="bld">c</span> [[granary]], Tab.Heracl.1.139. </span><span class="sense"><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>