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|Definition=[[shut up]], [[close]], of wounds, σὺν δ' ἕλκεα πάντα μέμυκεν Il.24.420; of the eyelids, Pl.''Ti.''45e; <b class="b3">ἄνω κεχηνὼς ἢ κάτω συμμεμυκώς</b> looking up with open lips or down [[with closed lips]], Id.''R.''529b (hence, to [[be silent]], <b class="b3">ἵνα συμμύσαντες πειθαρχῶσιν</b> prob. in Plb.30.32.8); also of other openings, as of the [[os uteri]], Hp.''Aph.''5.51, [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Historia Animalium|HA]]''582b19, al.; of pores, [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Phaedrus|Phdr.]]''251b; of bivalve shellfish, Epich.42, [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Historia Animalium|HA]]''535a18; of the 'sleep' of plants, [[Theophrastus|Thphr.]] ''[[De Causis Plantarum|CP]]'' 2.19.1, al., ''Gp.''11.20.3; of shields which 'give' under a blow, [[Theophrastus]] ''HP''5.3.4; of the double reed of a musical instrument, ib.4.11.4; of green wood, ib.5.6.3.