μυρμηκιά: Difference between revisions

|Definition=or [[μυρμηκία]], ἡ,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[ant-hill]], Dinol.12 ([[nisi legendum|nisi leg.]] -ιᾶν), Arist. ''HA''534b23, [[Theophrastus]] ''Sign.''22.<br><span class="bld">II</span> metaph.,<br><span class="bld">1</span> [[throng of people]], as in a crowded lecture-room, [[Hesychius Lexicographus|Hsch.]]; also μ. ἀγαθῶν ''Com.Adesp.'' 828.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[ᾄδων]] (sic Fritzsche pro [[ἄγων]]) <b class="b3"> ἐκτραπέλους μυρμηκιάς</b> [[trills]] and [[arpeggios]], Pherecr.145.23; cf. [[μύρμηξ]] 1.2.<br><span class="bld">III</span> [[wart]], differing from [[ἀκροχορδών]], which has a neck, whereas [[μυρμηκία]] spreads under the skin, also the [[irritation]] caused thereby, which was compared to the creeping of ants, Hp.''Liqu.''4, Ph.2.225, Dsc.1.68, Heliod. ap.Orib.45.14.1, Poll.4.195.<br><span class="bld">2</span> similar disease in a horse, ''Hippiatr.'' 82.