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μῦς

Third declension Noun; Masculine 동물 Transliteration:

Principal Part: μῦς μυός

Structure: μῡ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Sense

  1. mouse
  2. A type of mussel
  3. A type of whale
  4. muscle

Declension

Third declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • φοβεροὶ δὲ βροτοῖσι μῦ‐ θοι κέρδοσ πρὸσ θεῶν θεραπεί‐ αν. (Euripides, choral, antistrophe 22)
  • καὶ πέλασ ἄλλοσ αὐ‐ τοῦ πανὸν πυρίφλεκτον αἴ‐ ρει τισ ‐ ἆρ’ ὃσ ἐμαῖσι μυ‐ θεύεται παρὰ πήναισ, ἀσπιστὰσ Ιὄλαοσ, ὃσ κοινοὺσ αἰρόμενοσ πόνουσ Δίῳ παιδὶ συναντλεῖ; (Euripides, Ion, choral, antistrophe 12)
  • τὸ ἄλφα, βῆτα, γάμμα, δέλτα, θεοῦ γὰρ εἶ, ζῆτ’, ἦτα, θῆτ’, ἰῶτα, β κάππα, λάβδα, μῦ, νῦ, ξεῖ, τὸ οὖ, πεῖ, ῥῶ, τὸ σίγμα, ταῦ, τὸ ὖ, παρὸν φεῖ χεῖ τε τῷ ψεῖ εἰσ τὸ ὦ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 10, book 10, chapter 79 1:1)
  • τοὔνομα θῆτα ῥῶ ἄλφα σὰν ὖ μῦ ἄλφα χεῖ οὖ σάν. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 10, book 10, chapter 812)
  • Τοὔνομα θῆτα ῥῶ ἄλφα σὰν ὖ μῦ ἄλφα χὶ οὒ σάν, πατρὶσ Χαλκηδών, ἡ δὲ τέχνη σοφίη. (Unknown, Elegy and Iambus, Volume II, , mixed meters139)

Synonyms

  1. mouse

  2. muscle

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