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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

  • οἱ ἁγνιζόμενοι καὶ καθαριζόμενοι εἰσ τοὺσ κήπουσ καὶ ἐν τοῖσ προθύροισ ἔσθοντεσ κρέασ ὕειον καὶ τὰ βδελύγματα καὶ τὸν μῦν ἐπὶ τὸ αὐτὸ ἀναλωθήσονται, εἶπε Κύριοσ, (Septuagint, Liber Isaiae 66:17)
  • ὡσ δὲ ἑώρων λαμπρότητα μὲν καὶ κατασκευὴν οὐδεμίαν, ἄνθρωπον δὲ πρεσβύτην κατακείμενον ἔν τινι πόᾳ παρὰ τὴν θάλασσαν, εὐτελῆ καὶ μικρὸν τὸ σῶμα, τραχὺ καὶ φαῦλον ἱμάτιον ἀμπεχόμενον, σκώπτειν αὐτοῖσ καὶ γελωτοποιεῖν ἐπῄει, καὶ λέγειν ὅτι τοῦτο ἦν τὸ μυθολογούμενον ὠδίνειν ὄροσ, εἶτα μῦν ἀποτεκεῖν. (Plutarch, Agesilaus, chapter 36 5:1)
  • ὤδινεν ὄροσ, Ζεὺσ δ’ ἐφοβεῖτο, τὸ δ’ ἔτεκεν μῦν. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 14, book 14, chapter 6 2:2)
  • Βρασίδασ ἐν ἰσχάσι συλλαβὼν μῦν καὶ δηχθεὶσ ἀφῆκεν· (Plutarch, Apophthegmata Laconica, , section 11)
  • Βρασίδασ δὲ μῦν τινα συλλαβὼν ἐν ἰσχάσι καὶ δηχθεὶσ ἀφῆκεν· (Plutarch, Quomodo quis suos in virtute sentiat profectus, chapter, section 8 8:2)

Synonyms

  1. mouse

  2. muscle

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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