- μύωψ
- μύωψ, ωπος, ὁ, ἡ, ([etym.] μύω, ὤψ)A closing or contracting the eyes, as shortsighted people do, and so, shortsighted, Arist.Rh.1413a4, Pr.959a3, b38, Alex.Aphr.Pr.1.74.II as Subst. [full] μύωψ [[pron. full] ῠ, but [pron. full] ῡ Nic.Th.417, 736], ωπος, ὁ, horse-fly, gadfly, Tabanus,
ὀξυστόμῳ μύωπι A.Pr.675
;βοηλάτην μ. Id.Supp.307
, cf. Pl.Ap.30e, Arist.HA528b31, 552a29, al.2 goad, spur, X.Eq.8.5; ἐν τοῖς μύωψι περιπατεῖν to walk in spurs, Thphr.Char.21.8;προσθεῖναι τοὺς μ. Plb.11.18.4
, cf. AP5.202 (Asclep.); ox-goad,βουσόος μ. Cerc.8.2
, cf. Call.Fr.46, A.R.3.277.3 metaph., stimulant, incentive, Luc.Cal.14, Am.2; τινος to a thing,ῥόμβον θιάσοιο μ. AP6.165
(Phal.);τὸν μύωπα ἐμβαλεῖν τινι Ach.Tat.7.4
.4 a plant growing in the Achelous, Ps.-Plu. Fluv.22.5.5 the little finger, Sch.Opp.H.3.254.
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