μυχός
Second declension Noun; Masculine
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
μυχός
μυχοῦ
Structure:
μυχ
(Stem)
+
ος
(Ending)
Sense
- the innermost place, inmost nook or corner
- the inmost part of a house, the women's apartments
- a bay or creek
Declension
Second 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.
- οὐδὲ γὰρ ὁ κατέχων αὐτοὺσ μυχὸσ ἀφόβωσ διεφύλασσεν, ἦχοι δὲ καταράσσοντεσ αὐτοὺσ περιεκόμπουν, καὶ φάσματα ἀμειδήτοισ κατηφῆ προσώποισ ἐνεφανίζετο. (Septuagint, Liber Sapientiae 17:4)
- ἀμείβομαι Μούσῃσι πρὸσ θύρῃσ1’ ᾄδων καὶ δόντι καὶ μὴ δόντι πλέονα τῶν αἰτέω, καὶ ἐπὶ τέλει δὲ τοῦ ἰάμβου φησὶν ἀλλ’, ὦγαθοί, ἐπορέξαθ’ ὧν μυχὸσ πλουτεῖ· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 8, book 8, chapter 59 3:2)
- βοᾷ δὲ πόντιοσ κλύδων ξυμπίτνων, στένει βυθόσ, κελαινὸσ δ’ Αἴδοσ ὑποβρέμει μυχὸσ γᾶσ, παγαί θ’ ἁγνορύτων ποταμῶν στένουσιν ἄλγοσ οἰκτρόν. (Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound, choral, epode1)
- χρόνον δὲ τὸν μέλλοντα πόντιοσ μυχόσ, σαφῶσ ἐπίστασ’, Ιὄνιοσ κεκλήσεται,. (Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound, episode, lyric 9:4)
- στρατῷ τ’ ἀμφικτιόνων ὁ Παρνάσιοσ αὐτὸν μυχὸσ διαυλοδρομᾶν ὕπατον παίδων ἀνέειπεν. (Pindar, Odes, pythian odes, pythian 10 3:2)
Synonyms
-
the inmost part of a house
- εἱρκτή (an inclosure, prison, the inner part of the house)
- μέγαρον (the women's apartment)
- πύργος (the part of the house where women live)
-
a bay or creek
